Former police official Villarejo says Spain's intelligence 'wanted to give Catalonia a fright' with 2017 terror attacks

A former high-ranking police official, José Manuel Villarejo, has said that he believes the 2017 terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils were orchestrated by Spain's secret service.

'19 [The August 2017 terror attacks] were a serious mistake on the part of [Spain's ex-National Intelligence Center director] Féliz Sanz Roldán, who wanted to give Catalonia a fright and miscalculated the consequences '25