Four suspects in Spain terror attacks appear in Madrid court

Four men accused of being members of a terror cell responsible for last week’s twin attacks in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona and the seaside resort of Cambrils have appeared in court.

Hawzah News Agency - The four, the last survivors of the 12-member terror group, were taken to the High Court in Madrid on Tuesday.

Two members of the groups had died on Wednesday in an explosion at a house where explosives were being made in Alcanar Platja. Police killed five members of the groups in Cambrils during the manhunt launched after Thursday’s attacks.

The eighth member of the group, Younes Abouyaaqoub, was shot dead by police in the town of Subirats on Monday.

22-year-old Abouyaaqoub was suspected to be driver of the van and the lone attacker in Las Ramblas, Barcelona attack which left more than a dozen people dead and scores injured.

Police said that after the attack, Abouyaaqoub had escaped on foot, stabbing to death a man, who was parking his car, and fleeing in the victim’s vehicle.

Two members of the groups had died on Wednesday in an explosion at a house where explosives were being made in Alcanar Platja. Police killed five members of the groups in Cambrils. The eighth member of the group, Younes Abouyaaqoub, was shot dead by police in the town of Subirats on Monday.

22-year-old Abouyaaqoub was suspected to be driver of the van and the lone attacker in Las Ramblas, Barcelona attack which left more than a dozen people dead and scores injured.