A witness told of how a terrorist responsible for the second attack in Spain yesterday taunted police before they shot him dead.
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The aftermath of the vehicle attack in Cambrils - EFE
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Fitzroy Davies, from Wolverhampton, was caught up in the second attack in Cambrils and described what he saw.
He told the BBC he was in Spain for a judo camp and was in a meeting with the coaches when the incident unfolded.
"These girls ran into the bar off the street and then people were running up the road.
"One of our guys stood up, looked and just said 'run', so we all ran.
"This guy came running up the road and was shouting something.
"I didn't know what it was, so we said call the police.
"Within
30 seconds the police was already there, jumped out of the car, started
shouting at the guy, the guy was then saying something else again.
"And then they 'pop, pop', did a couple of shots and he fell down.
"He
stood back up and then he stepped over the fence and he started, he was
taunting, smiling and he carried on walking to the police, and then
they gave it to him again, a couple more shots and then he fell to the
ground."
In
the early hours of Friday, as the world reeled after the attack in
Barcelona, residents of the Spanish seaside resort of Cambrils fled in
terror after five terrorists wearing suicide vests launched the second
ramming attack in the country in a matter of hours.
At
least six people were hurt when the attackers drove into pedestrians
before being shot dead by security forces, just hours after a similar
attack in nearby Barcelona.
Of the six civilians caught up in the Cambrils attack, two were said to be in a serious condition.
The
Audi A3 car rammed into people on the seaside promenade of the tourist
city 74 miles south of Barcelona, where a van had earlier sped into a
street packed full of tourists, killing 13 people and injuring around
100 others.
Police said the suspects in Cambrils carried bomb belts, which were detonated by a police bomb squad.
Media
reports said a car crashed into a police vehicle and nearby civilians
and police shot the attackers, one brandishing a knife. Police did not
immediately say how the attack was being carried out.
A police officer and five civilians were injured and two were in serious condition.
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