On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 8:38:27 AM UTC-7, BurfordTJustice wrote:
Barcelona Terror Cell Planned To Bomb Church, Might Have Accidentally Blown
Up Imam Instead



The now-dismantled terror cell behind Thursday's deadly terror attack in
Barcelona had much bigger plans in mind, but an accident on the eve of the
attack forced them to change plans.

The van attacks in Barcelona and nearby Cambrils that left 14 dead and more
than 100 injured were supposed to involve explosives. Newspaper El Español
reported Saturday that the terrorists planned on driving vans of explosives
into three busy tourist areas, including the city's landmark Sagrada Familia
church.

The group was forced to reconsider their plans after a suspected bomb
factory in a house outside of town blew up Wednesday night. Two people died
and several were injured in what police originally thought was a gas
explosion.

"They were preparing one or several attacks in Barcelona, and an explosion
in Alcanar stopped this as they no longer had the material they needed to
commit attacks of an even bigger scope," police spokesman Josep Lluis
Trapero said at a press conference Friday, according to The Local.


Police believe the group was radicalized by their local imam, identified as
Abdelbaki Es Satty, who has been missing since the attack. Investigators now
suspect that Es Satty was one of the deceased in the accidental bomb factory
explosion.

"The last time I saw him was Tuesday and he told me that he was going to see
his wife in Morocco," Es Satty's roommate told AFP.

Minister of the Interior Juan Ignacio Zoido said Saturday that the terror
cell has been "completely dismantled" in the aftermath of the attack

Color blind bomb makers usually end up as jihadburgers.