Barcelona attack: Police shoot dead four suspects after van crashes into crowd, killing 13 (Photos)

Terror returned to the streets of Europe on Thursday when a van ploughed into a crowd of people in Barcelona, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 100 others.

Footage of the scene showed dozens of bodies sprawled across the pavement in Las Ramblas, a street popular with tourists. Two men, one Spanish and one Moroccan, were arrested but police said the driver of the van was still at large.

In the early hours of Friday morning, in the town of Cambrils, 70 miles away, police killed four terror suspects. One suspect was injured. The suspects were thought to have been plotting a similar attack to Barcelona.

Six civilians and one officer were injured in Cambrils. It was not known whether Cambrils was linked to the Las Ramblas attack.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) claimed responsibility for the Barcelona attack as Joaquim Forn, Catalonia’s police chief, warned: “Unfortunately the number of fatalities will likely rise.”