UPDATE 1: Spanish police killed 5 in Cambrils attempting a vehicle attack, who they're treating as connected to the #BarcelonaTerrorAttack.
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NEW UPDATE 1: Cambrils attackers' suicide belts were fake. That's more evidence
#Barcelona was amateur, not#ISIS pros. (h/t@brienbarnett) -
NEW UPDATE 2: By contrast, Paris attackers wore real suicide vests into the Bataclan concert hall. Two detonated.
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NEW UPDATE 3: Fake suicide belts is a risky strategy. Intimidates bystanders, but says arrest impossible. Security forces shoot-to-kill.
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NEW UPDATE 4: There's also a wannabe aspect to it. As if they were playing jihadist dress up.
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NEW UPDATE 5: Evidence is mounting that they were self-starters (inspired by, rather than trained and sent by a terrorist group).
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NEW UPDATE 6: But, assuming Cambrils and
#BarcelonaAttack were connected, why would 5 attack a small town and just 1 a big city? -
NEW UPDATE 7: It's possible they were rushed, stepping up plans as authorities closed in. That happened in Brussels.
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NEW UPDATE: But it's an open question. As is if these 6 were the whole group. To answer, we need more info.
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