Barcelona Suspect: We Planned to Blow Up Church, Other Sites

The suspected driver of the van that rammed into crowds in Barcelona is now dead, but details are still emerging about last week's carnage that left 15 dead in two attacks and injured more than 130. 

The newest development, per the Guardian: A 21-year-old suspect in custody told a Spanish court that plans for even bigger attacks had been in the works, including the bombing of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia church. 

Spanish media reports Mohamed Houli Chemlal was one of the suspects in an Alcanar house that blew up just hours before the two terror attacks, killing two of his associates, and police say that home had been turned into a bomb-making site. Chemlal, appearing in court with three other suspects, said the group had originally hoped to kill hundreds at various Barcelona tourist sites, per the London Times.

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