Residents of Catalan house where explosion killed 1 were preparing explosives

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Thu, 17 Aug 2017 - 11:27 GMT

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Forensic police officers search for clues near the area where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Forensic police officers search for clues near the area where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

MADRID - 18 August 2017: Residents of a house in Catalonia, where an explosion linked to Thursday's Barcelona van attack killed one person, were preparing explosives using gas cyclinders, a Catalan police source said.

Police said earlier that the explosion, about 100 km (62 miles) southwest of Barcelona in the town of Alcanar, was related to the van attack, which so far has left 13 people dead.

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