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Woman recounts discovering the house next door was likely Spain's terrorist cell's 'bomb factory'

David Ramos/Getty Images Alcanar (Spain) (AFP) - Martine Groby rues the day when she ignored her father who told her: "They are terrorists, take down their number plates." "I should have listened to him," said Groby, who saw all the windows of her home in Spain shatter when a massive explosion detonated in the house next door on Wednesday. It turned out that house hidden behind olive trees was likely the bomb factory of suspected jihadists who used vehicles to mow down pedestrians in Barcelona on Thursday and the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils hours later. It was in the small seaside town of Alcanar, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) southwest of the Catalan capital, where the cell was apparently plotting "one or more attacks" in Barcelona, said regional police chief Josep Lluis Trapero. But they are believed to have accidentally detonated an explosion, which blew up at least two of them, and forced them to change their plans. 'Stank of gunpowder' Investigators combing the site have uncovered 120 gas canisters, as well as detected traces of TATP -- the explosive of choice for the Islamic State organisation, which has claimed the assaults. "It stank of gun powder.

 

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