Five terrorists wearing suicide belts have been shot dead by Spanish police after a second vehicle attack.
Seven people were injured in the coastal town of Cambrils overnight – including one police officer.
An hour’s drive away in Barcelona, a manhunt is underway for the driver of the van that killed 13 and injured 100 others – while two other suspects have been arrested.
The vehicle veered from side to side down the city’s busiest tourist street – Las Ramblas – sending people dashing for cover.
Authorities are now linking the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils with an explosion at a house hours earlier in the town of Alcanar that left one person dead.
Police say it appears the residents had been “preparing an explosive device”.
Leaders from around the world have offered their condolences after the Barcelona attack.
The Spanish royal family described the attackers as “assassins and criminals who won’t terrorise us”.
Here at home President Michael D Higgins says it was with great sadness that he learned of the tragic loss of life in Barcelona.
While Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has condemned the attack describing it as ‘callous’.
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it’s monitoring developments and anyone with concerns about relatives or friends can contact the Irish Embassy in Madrid.
