(20 Aug 2017) Families of young men suspected of being responsible for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils gathered along with members of the Muslim community of Ripoll, north of Barcelona, on Sunday to denounce terrorism and show their grief, for a second day in a row.
Catalan police believe, the young men were drawn together by an imam and an alleged plot to murder on a massive scale — an extraordinary secret for 12 people to keep for months on end.
In the suspected extremist cell's final days, the group accumulated more than 100 gas canisters, blew up a house in a botched effort to make bombs, drove a van through Barcelona's storied Las Ramblas promenade, and attacked beachside tourists, Spanish authorities said.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks that killed at least 14 people and left scores wounded. Five of the dozen were shot dead by police.
Now, Ripoll is cut off by police roadblocks as the search for an alleged cell member thought to still be on the run continues.
Families and friends in the town are torn between horror at the bloodshed and grief for the children they thought they knew.
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