Rabat - A suspect in the recent Barcelona terror attacks, Youness Abouyaaqoub, was shot and killed by Spanish police on Monday.
Rabat – A suspect in the recent Barcelona terror attacks, Youness Abouyaaqoub, was shot and killed by Spanish police on Monday.
The suspect was killed in Los Altos de Subirat near Barcelona.
The 22-year-old Moroccan born Abouyaaquob is the main suspect in the Las Ramblas attack and is believed to be a member of a 12-member cell in connection with the Barcelona attacks.
Early evening on Monday, the Catalan police confirmed on their official Twitter account that they had shot a suspect wearing a belt of explosives. The police did not specify the suspect’s name, but less than an hour later they affirmed that the suspect shot in Los Altos was Abouyaaqoub.
17:05 La persona sospechosa de #Subirats lleva adherido al cuerpo el que parece un cinturón de explosivos. El individuo ha sido abatido
— Mossos (@mossos) 21 août 2017
We confirm that the man shot down in #subirats is Younes Abouyaaqoub, author of the terrorist attack in #barcelona
— Mossos (@mossos) 21 août 2017
According to Spanish media, Abouyaaqoub’s location was identified with the help of the Los Atlos’ residents.
The Spanish authorities conducted a search for Abouyaacoub earlier this week, thinking that he might have crossed the border between Spain and France following the terrorist attacks.
