One of the four suspects of the Barcelona attack on Tuesday told the Spanish High Court that the terror cell had been planning attacks on a much larger scale.
Mohamed Houli Chemlal made the admission after being brought before a judge in Madrid, reports the Guardian.
The 21-year-old confirmed that the terror cell had been planning large-scale bomb attacks before two of his companions got killed in an explosion.
The four terror suspects Driss Oukabir, Mohamed Aallaa, Salar El Karib and Mohamed Houli Chemlal, appeared before the judge Fernando Andreu, who is leading the investigation.
The Spanish police on Monday had confirmed that the suspected driver behind the Barcelona terror attack, Younes Abouyaaqoub has been shot dead, putting an end to the international manhunt for Europe's most-wanted man.
A van was driven into pedestrians on La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain, on the afternoon of 17 August, killing 15 and injuring at least 130.
Nine hours after the Barcelona attack, police shot and killed five people in Cambrils as they were carrying out a second car attack which killed one woman and injured six others.
Spain's Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido on August 19 stated that the terror cell behind Spain's deadly twin attacks cell was believed to have consisted of at least twelve persons.
The four suspects are the only survivors of the 12-man terrorist cell.
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