Spain attacks: Four suspects appear in court

Four men arrested in connection with last week’s terror attacks in Spain appeared in court Tuesday as it emerged that the vehicle used in one of the assaults was earlier seen in France.

The car, an Audi A3, was caught speeding on camera in Paris in the days before it mowed down pedestrians in the Spanish town of Cambril early Friday, leaving one woman dead, French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said.

The five assailants in the car were shot dead by police at the scene.

The attack in Cambrils came just hours after a van plowed through crowds on a pedestrian street in the heart of Barcelona on Thursday, killing at 13 people and injuring more than 100 others.

Spanish police shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of the van, on Monday after a days-long international manhunt.

On Tuesday, Collomb told CNN affiliate BFMTV that he was unsure why the car used in the Cambrils rampage had been in Paris, and said the terror cell behind the attacks was not on the radar of French authorities.

Source: Spain attacks: Four suspects appear in court – CNN