Spanish TV: Abouyaaqoub shot by police

21 August 2017, 7:18 pm

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Spanish public television is reporting that the man with an explosives belt shot by police in Subirats is suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub, citing a source close to the investigation, according to Reuters.

The daughter of a Catalan vineyard owner says her father alerted police after they saw a car crossing their property at high speed, even though the vineyard was closed off.

Members of TEDAX-NRBQ on the site where Moroccan suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot on August 21, 2017 near Sant Sadurni d'Anoia, south of Barcelona, four days after the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks that killed 15 people. AFP/LLUIS GENE) — Members of TEDAX-NRBQ on the site where Moroccan suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot on August 21, 2017 near Sant Sadurni d’Anoia, south of Barcelona, four days after the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks that killed 15 people. AFP/LLUIS GENE)

Roser Venura says police told them to immediately leave the Ventura Soler cava vineyard, located between the towns of Sadurni d’Anoia and Subirats. She says “we heard a helicopter flying around and many police cars coming toward the gas station” near the property.

— with AP