A MUSLIM group has condemned the terrorist attack in Barcelona.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK, which has a Bolton branch, has released a statement over the attack on Thursday, which killed 13 people and injured more than 100.

Rafiq Hayat, national president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK, said: “The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK strongly condemns these latest terrorist attacks in Spain.

“Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, families and friends of this tragedy and hope that those responsible for this heinous violence will be swiftly brought to justice.

“The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK stands in complete solidarity with the people of Spain against every form of terrorism and extremism.”

A woman died in a second vehicle attack early on Friday in the town of Cambrils near Barcelona.

The terror cell responsible for the attacks on Las Ramblas, Barcelona, and Cambrils has been dismantled, but a manhunt for one suspect is continuing, Spanish authorities have said.

At a press conference on Saturday Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said police have broken the "terrorist cell from Barcelona" - after he said five members were shot dead, four were in custody and as many as two were killed in an explosion.

He said no new attacks were imminent, that they will be maintaining the country's terrorist threat alert at level four, and security at popular events and tourist sites around the country will be reinforced.

Catalan Police spokesman Albert Oliva confirmed a search is under way for any remaining members of the Islamic extremist cell, with the search focused on Younes Abouyaaqoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan.

Abouyaaqoub has been named in Spanish media as the suspected driver of the van which was used in the massacre.