Barcelona attack: Royals attend special Mass for victims

Image copyright AFP Image caption The king and queen attend the Mass at Sagrada Familia

King Felipe and Queen Letizia are attending Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia to mourn the 14 people killed in vehicle attacks in Catalonia.

Police are still hunting the driver of a van that killed 13 at Barcelona's Las Ramblas. A 14th victim died in a second attack at Cambrils.

Ministers say the jihadist cell behind the attacks has been dismantled.

But police are still hunting for the van driver and an imam missing from a mosque in the town of Ripoll.

The special Mass is being celebrated at the iconic, Gaudi-designed Sagrada Familia.

Some reports in Spanish media say the jihadist cell had intended to target the Sagrada Familia with explosives.

PM Mariano Rajoy is also attending the Mass, where there is tight security.

On Saturday the royal couple laid a wreath at the site of the attack at Las Ramblas, accompanied by Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau and Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont.

Catalonia has always been fiercely independent but the royals' presence brought shouts of "Long live the king!"

The king and queen earlier met victims of the Barcelona attack in the city's Hospital del Mar.