Spanish police thwart possible second attack

Spanish police believe they have thwarted a second possible attack.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Police in Spain say they have shot and killed several people south of Barcelona while carrying out an operation in response to a terrorist attack.

The regional police for the Catalonia region said on Twitter early Friday that officers are in Cambrils, a seaside resort town about 62 miles from Barcelona.
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They called on people in the town not to go out on the streets.

PHOTOS: Terror attack in Barcelona

Police officers stand next to the van involved in a terrorist attack in Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017.none

Policemen accompany clients of a store outside a cordoned off area after a van plowed into the crowd on the Rambla in Barcelona on August 17, 2017.none

People comfort each other after a van ploughed into the crowd, killing two persons and injuring several others on the Rambla in Barcelona on August 17, 2017.none

An injured person is treated in Barcelona after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists.none

People flee the scene in Barcelona after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents.none

A general view of the scene of a terrorist attack in the Las Ramblas area on August 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spainnone

Injured people are treated in Barcelona after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents.none

A policeman blocks the street to a cordoned off area after a van plowed into the crowd, injuring pedestrians in Barcelona on August 17, 2017.none

Firefighters stands outside an evacuated mall after a van plowed into a crowd, injuring pedestrians in Barcelona on August 17, 2017.none

Plain-clothes policemen phone as they walk past police cars in a cordoned off area after a van plowed into a crowd, injuring pedestrians in Barcelona on August 17, 2017.none

A policemen and a medical staff member stand past police cars and an ambulance in a cordoned off area after a van plowed into a crowd, injuring pedestrians in Barcelona.none

Twitter user Claudia Lerma shared this photo from the scene where a van plowed into a crowd, injuring pedestrians in Barcelona.none

A Twitter user shared this photo from the scene where a van plowed into a crowd, injuring pedestrians in Barcelona.none

Spain's public broadcaster, RTVE, is reporting that regional police troopers have killed four people and injured another.
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The broadcaster says police suspected they were planning an attack in Cambrils just hours after a van swerved onto a pedestrian promenade in Barcelona, killing 13.

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