Spanish police confirm 5 suspects killed in separate alleged terror plot south of Barcelona
The police force for Spain's Catalonia region says its troopers shot and killed five suspects in a resort town south of Barcelona to "respond to a terrorist attack."
The confrontation came about eight hours after a van swerved through a pedestrian walkway in a popular destination in downtown Barcelona, killing 13 people and injured an estimated 100 more.
The regional police for the Catalonia region said on Twitter early Friday that officers were in Cambrils, a seaside resort town about 62 miles from Barcelona.
Watch above to see the scene in Barcelona following the terror attack
They called on people in the town to not to go out on the streets.
The regional police said in another tweet that they are investigating whether the Cambrils suspects were wearing explosive vests. Its officers planned to carry out several controlled explosions.
Police say the suspects were carrying bomb belts and had run over six civilians with a car.
The force says it is working on the theory that the Cambrils suspects were linked to the Barcelona attack, as well as to a Wednesday night explosion in the town of Alcanar in which one person was killed.
Around 33,000 people live in Cambril.