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| Police cordon off Sagrada Familia site in Barcelona after locating suspicious van | |
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| Several blocks around the iconic Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona have been sealed off by the police, who have also shut down the nearby metro station, in an anti-terrorist operation. | |
| An explosives unit was called up to conduct checks on a suspicious van parked in the vicinity of the Antonio Gaudi-designed church, the police said in a statement on its Twitter feed. | |
| Eyewitnesses reported armed police looking through bins, as they told shopkeepers to close their businesses. | |
| At least 16 victims and eight suspected Islamic terrorists died in a series of attacks through the region of Catalonia last month. The worst of these happened in the city’s main street of La Rambla, where a rented van mowed down pedestrians, killing 15 and injuring more than 130 others. | |
| READ MORE: Barcelona attack suspect reveals bigger attack with explosives was planned | |
| Local media reported that the attackers had planned to set off homemade explosive charges near the UNESCO-listed landmark, but were dissuaded when two of them died in an accidental blast days before the attack. |