Eleven people have been treated for minor injuries after crowds in a Spanish coastal resort mistook a flash mob-style performance for a militant attack.<br /><br /> Tensions are high after a series of attacks claimed by ISIL in France and Germany over recent weeks.<br /><br /> Eighty four people died on the seafront in the French resort of Nice in July after a lorry was deliberately driven through the crowds.<br /><br /> Flashmob event<br /><br /> Scores of people responded to calls on social media to go to Platja d’Aro in the north-eastern region of Catalonia on Tuesday evening.<br /><br /> Reports in the papers say they were asked to pretend to be paparazzi.<br /><br /> Participants brandished tripods and selfie sticks and chased someone pretending to be a celebrity. <br /><br /> What happened?<br /><br /> However, passers-by mistook the objects for guns and fled.<br /><br /> The 11 people taken to hospital were treated for minor injuries, anxiety attacks and heart palpitations.<br /><br /> Police say at least two were kept in for treatment.<br /><br /> Has anyone been arrested?<br /><br /> Yes.<br /><br /> Five German women, aged between 20 and 25, have been arrested and charged with public order offences.<br /><br /> In tweets<br /><br /> Footage uploaded to social media shows people screaming and running through the streets.<br /><br /> Children are crying while broken chairs and crockery lie on the ground.<br /><br /> Tourists run in panic after flashmob at Spanish coastal resort backfireshttps://t.co/qtzgmCynMP pic.twitter.com/CMxFOCXJ9P— ITV News (@itvnews) August 3, 2016<br /><br /> What they are saying<br /><br /> “There are some things you do not joke about,” – Regional President Carlos de Puigdemont<br />
