Van Driver in Barcelona Attack is Shot, Police Say
By Patrick Kingsley and Raphael Minder/ World/ Europe/ The New York Times/ nytimes.com
"SUBIRATS, Spain — The fugitive who was behind the
terrorist attacks last week in Spain was shot by police officers on Monday afternoon in a village about 20 miles west of Barcelona, the police
announced.
The fugitive, Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22,
used a van to mow down a crowd on Las Ramblas, Barcelona’s most famous boulevard, on Thursday afternoon, killing 13 people, according to the police. He then stole a car, killed its driver and made his getaway, with the driver’s body still inside.
A manhunt stretching across Europe was undertaken, and France, Italy and other countries tightened security and border controls amid widespread speculation that Mr. Abouyaaqoub might have fled Spain; over the weekend, the authorities said they could not be certain that he was still on Spanish soil.
But at 4:10 p.m. Monday,
attention quickly turned to Subirats, a collection of villages about 20 miles west of Barcelona. The town was placed on lockdown as the authorities
announced that a man wearing an explosive belt had been “shot down,” but it was not immediately clear if he was killed...."
Younes Abouyaaqoub Credit Spanish Interior Ministry, via Associated Press
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