Barcelona attack: New manhunt for suspected driver

 

Police chief Trapero said one officer killed four of the attackers single-handedly.

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The men were wearing what appeared to be explosive belts, police said, but these proved to be fake.


Who are the suspects?

  • Killed: Five suspected jihadists shot dead by police in Cambrils. Moussa Oukabir, 17; Said Aallaa, 18; Mohamed Hychami, 24; two unnamed men
  • Arrested: Three in the town of Ripoll: Driss Oukabir, 28, the brother of Moussa. He turned himself in saying his documents had been stolen to rent vehicles used in the Las Ramblas attack. Sahal el-Karib, 34, and Mohammed Aallaa, 27. One unnamed person in Alcanar, following the house explosion there on Wednesday
  • Hunted: Younes Abouyaaqoub, now suspected to be the driver in the Las Ramblas attack

Thursday's attack occurred when a Fiat van was driven down the pedestrianised Las Ramblas area, killing 13 people and injured scores more.

Only five of the dead have been named so far:

  • American Jared Tucker, 43
  • Canadian Ian Moore Wilson
  • Spaniard Francisco López Rodríguez, in his 60s
  • Italian Bruno Gulotta, 35
  • Italian Luca Russo, 25

A 74-year-old Portuguese woman, a 40-year-old woman with dual Argentine and Spanish citizenship and a Belgian were also killed, their governments said.

Media captionWhat was it like to be caught up in the Barcelona attack?

Seven-year-old Julian Cadman, a dual British-Australian national who was separated from his mother during the attack, is missing, ABC Australia reports. His mother was reportedly among the seriously injured.

Sixty people remain in hospital, 15 of them in critical condition.

What do we know about the victims?

Media captionFootage shows police surrounding a white van moments after the attack

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Source: BBC

 

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