Spanish police has released the names of three Moroccans suspected of deadly terror attacks and who were shot dead overnight by security forces in the seaside resort of Cambrils.
Catalonia’s regional police identified them as Moussa Oukabir, Said Aallaa and Mohamed Hychami. Police said they were searching for a fourth suspect, Younes Abouyaaqoub.
Police yesterday stepped up their investigation into the twin vehicle attacks in Spain that left 14 dead and over 100 more injured in a bustling tourist area of Barcelona and the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils.
The attacks claimed victims and wounded from three dozen countries.
Of the 12 people police suspect of involvement in the attacks, five were shot dead by security forces in Cambrils and another four have been arrested, said Josep Lluis Trapero of Catalonia’s police during a television interview late Friday.
He said the three remaining suspects have been identified but have not been detained. Meanwhile, Spanish newspapers have reported that the driver of the van that ploughed into crowds in Barcelona was one of five men shot dead by police in a Catalan seaside resort hours later.
However, Police have not yet identified the driver of the Barcelona attack.
The twin attacks were the latest of a string of attacks across Europe in the past 13 months in which militants have used vehicles as weapons.
Such attacks have now killed nearly 130 people in France, Germany, Britain, Sweden and Spain
Source: AIR