Catalonia carnage: 14 dead, 100+ injured as police manhunt ongoing Live updates

The driver of the van used in the Las Ramblas attack is believed to be among the five men shot in the Cambrils incident, according to police sources cited by Spanish newspaper El Pais.

Spanish newspaper El Diario are reporting that the man said to have been injured in the Alcanar explosion will be transferred from Tortosa police station to the headquarters of the National Court in Madrid.

Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau has taken to Twitter to issue a defiant message, saying: “Fear will not prevail.”

The post, which includes pictures of her walking down Las Ramblas as well as her visit to the flower-laden site of the attack, also reads: “Let’s go for a walk on the Rambla and do it with freedom and love for our city and our life.”  

A man reported to have been involved in the house explosion in Alcanar has been taken into custody at Tortosa police station, according to Catalan police. The man had been hospitalized in Tortosa, a city southwest of Barcelona, following the explosion in which one person was killed and seven more injured. 

Police have linked the Alcanar incident with the attacks on Cambrils and the Catalan capital.

Some 24 coroners from the Catalan Department of Justice worked throughout the night to conduct autopsies on the victims of Thursday’s attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, according to the province’s emergency services.

Catalan emergency services say that 61 people have been discharged from hospital since the attacks. A further 65 people remain in hospital in Barcelona and Tarragona, a port city west of the Catalan capital.

Catalan police have urged people not to disseminate false information related to the attacks over social networks, asking that people only trust official sources.

Writing on Twitter, Mossos even included two examples of the types of false information being spread.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says one US citizen has been confirmed killed in the attacks.

British authorities are looking into reports of a seven-year-old boy missing in Barcelona. Julian Cadman, who has dual nationality with Australia, was separated from his mother after she was seriously injured during the Las Ramblas attack.

Cadman’s mother is said to be in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

UK Prime Minister Therersa May said in a statement: "We're urgently looking into reports of a child believed missing, who is a British dual national.

"The Foreign Office is offering consular assistance to those who were involved in the attack and their families, and are working urgently to see if there are others who need their help."