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Monday, August 21, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 21, 2017
Police reportedly think shot man is Barcelona van attacker
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAnna Punsi, a reporter with Spain’s SER Catalunya radio station, says on Twitter that police believe the man with the explosives who was shot is Younes Abouyaaqoub, but are fearful of approaching him without disarming the explosive belt first.
Els @mossos treballen amb la hipòtesi que és Younes Abouyaaqoub però no s'hi poden acostar fins que arribi TEDAX per inspeccionar explosius
— Anna Punsí (@punsix) August 21, 2017
She also reports that he yelled “Allahu Akbar” before being shot.
His condition is not immediately clear.
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