Barcelona attack cell to go on trial in November

(AFP) Three men face trial at Spain’s top criminal court on November 10 over their involvement in the 2017 attacks in Barcelona and a nearby resort that killed 16 people, judicial sources said on Wednesday.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the double attack which left another 140 people wounded on August 17 and 18 in the city and Cambrils, a seaside resort about 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the south.

The three men are accused of helping the attackers, one of whom rammed a van into pedestrians on Barcelona’s Las Ramblas boulevard killing 14 people.

The driver then went on the run, killing another person, but was shot dead by police several days later.

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