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Monday, August 21, 2017
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Monday, August 21, 2017
Imam linked to Barcelona attack dead — police
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Moroccan imam believed to have radicalized youths who committed Spain’s terror attacks was confirmed dead Monday in an accidental explosion at the suspects’ bomb factory, police say.
Asked whether Abdelbaki Es Satty had died in the blast on Wednesday that precipitated the attacks, Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero says: “It is confirmed,” adding, “the remains of the imam were there,” in the house in Alcanar that exploded.
— AFP
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