The US State Department has warned Spain that Barcelona is a very high risk of a terrorist attack during the Christmas holidays.
Spain’s second-largest city is hot spot for tourists during Christmas and has multiple public events planned, especially for the New Year.
The US State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs tweeted: “Exercise heightened caution around areas of vehicle movement, including buses, in the Las Ramblas area of Barcelona during Christmas and New Year’s.
“Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, and other public areas.”
Catalonia’s regional interior minister Miquel Buch said on Rac1 Radio that police “were working on this threat”.
“We take seriously all threats, all of them are investigated,”.