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Barcelona terror police identify two bodies in terror-linked house

Spanish investigators find 120 gas canisters at the property which they say the terrorists wanted to use in the attacks.

The rubble of a house where suspects of this week's twin assaults in Spain
Image: It is possible three people were killed in the house explosion, authorities say
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Police have identified two bodies found in a house destroyed by a huge blast linked to the Spanish terror attacks.

Investigators believe the Islamist extremist cell which carried out the vehicle rampages in Barcelona and the coastal resort of Cambrils may have accidentally blown up the property while preparing explosives a day earlier.

A fire service image of the aftermath of a house explosion in Alcanar on Wednesday
Image: The house was destroyed in Wednesday night's blast

One of those killed in Wednesday's blast at the bomb factory in Alcanar could have been former imam, Abdelbaki es Satty, who is said to have been a spiritual ringleader of the group.

It is also possible that a total of three people may have died in the explosion.

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Inside flat of attackers' 'spiritual guide'

Police said they have discovered 120 gas canisters at the property for attacks in Barcelona.

Traces of the explosive TATP, which was used by Islamic State in atrocities in Paris and Brussels, were also found.

Dozens of gas canisters were found at the terror cell's 'base' in Alcanar
Image: Gas canisters were found during a search in Alcanar

TATP is known as the "mother of Satan" and is dangerously unstable.

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Officials believe the Spain cell wanted to fill three rental vans with explosives to create a massive atrocity.

Abdelbaki es Satty
Image: Abdelbaki es Satty may have been a spiritual ringleader for the cell

But the plans changed after the house where their plot was being hatched blew up.

The possible bomb-maker, Mohamed Houli Chemlal, was wounded in the explosion and has been detained.

Authorities also said the driver of the van that knocked down pedestrians on Barcelona's Las Ramblas promenade on Thursday, killing 13 people and injuring more than 120, was the only terrorist in the vehicle.

Mohamed Houli Chemlal
Image: Mohamed Houli Chemlal was the possible bomb-maker

But there is confusion over who was at the wheel at the time of the rampage.

The driver could have been Younes Abouyaaquoub, who is still thought to be on the run and may have crossed the French border.

Younes Abouyaaqoub
Image: Younes Abouyaaquoub's credit card was used to rent the vans

Authorities have linked three vans to the 22-year-old of Moroccan origin, whose credit card was used to rent them.

It was first claimed that Moussa Oukabir was driving. But then it was revealed the teenager had been shot dead by police along with four others after the attack in Cambrils, south of Barcelona.

A Spanish woman died and several other civilians were hurt in the car rampage, along with an officer.

Spanish police have launched a massive manhunt for Moussa Oukabir
Image: Moussa Oukabir was killed in Cambrils

Police have now told reporters they cannot say for sure who drove the van into crowds at Las Ramblas.

Another van was found in Vic, 44 miles north of Barcelona on the road to , where all the main attack suspects lived.

A third was found in Ripoll itself.

Meanwhile, French newspaper Le Parisien reported on Sunday night that the Audi A3 used in the Cambrils attack was caught speeding in the Paris region about a week ago.

French investigators have not found a direct link between the Spanish cell and France, Le Parisien said, and are looking into the possibility the Audi could have just been transiting through the France when it was caught.

A picture said to show Younes Abouyaaqoub at an ATM in Ripoll on the day before Barcelona was attacked
Image: A picture said to show Younes Abouyaaqoub at an ATM in Ripoll on the day before Barcelona was attacked

Along with Mohamed Houli Chemlal, three other suspects have been arrested.

Abouyaaquoub is on the run and two others are still missing - Abdelbaki es Satty and Youssef Aalla.

Meanwhile, British boy in the Barcelona attack, it has been announced.

Also, Spain's King and Queen at Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica for the victims.