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Thursday, August 17, 2017
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Barcelona police arrest suspect in terror ramming
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSpanish media report that a suspect in the Barcelona terror attack, Driss Oukabir, is under arrest after a two-hour manhunt in the wake of the deadly attack.
Oukabir’s Spanish passport was found inside the van used in the attack, in which at least 13 people were killed in the Las Ramblas shopping area in the city.
He is reportedly the Spanish-born child of Moroccan parents.
La policía identifica a uno de los implicados en el atentado de #Barcelona Driss Oukabir pic.twitter.com/QjwxqxYjV7
— Yazmin Jalil (@YazminJalil) August 17, 2017
Oukabir’s exact alleged role — whether he was the attacker, an accomplice, or has some other link to the attack — has not yet been clarified by authorities.
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