Alex Oller, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Members of the local Muslim community gather along with relatives of young men believed responsible for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils to denounce terrorism and show their grief in Ripoll, north of Barcelona, Spain, Sunday Aug. 20, 2017. Yellow sheets reading Catalan: "Peace". (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Spanish town struggles to reconcile local lads as extremist cell

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, Alex Oller Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressAugust 20, 2017

RIPOLL, Spain — They were brothers and boyhood friends from a town with no unfamiliar faces. They were linked by Moroccan roots and equally tied by their upbringings in Ripoll, an ancient hub in the Catalan foothills known for its monastery and…

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Spanish town struggles to reconcile local lads as extremist cell

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