Fatality in house explosion linked to Barcelona attack: police

Spanish police said they suspected a deadly explosion at a house was linked to a van attack in Barcelona that killed 13 people and left around 100 others hurt.

Josep Lluis Trapero of the regional police of Catalonia told reporters that the explosion late yesterday hit a house in Alcanar some 200 kilometres south of Barcelona, leaving at least one person dead, and police suspected those in the house were "preparing an explosive device.