Catalan police identify terror suspects after Barcelona and Cambrils attack

Four suspects aged between 17 and 24 are identified by police, including the teenager thought to have driven the van in Barcelona.

The four men wanted were pictured in a police document

Spanish police have released the names of three Moroccan suspects in the terror attacks in Catalonia who were shot dead by security forces in the seaside resort of Cambrils.
The three have been identified as Moussa Oukabir, 17, Said Aallaa, 18, and Mohamed Hychami, 24.
Catalonia's regional police said they were searching for a fourth suspect, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaquob.
Five men were shot and killed by police hours after a van was driven at high speeds into crowds of people in Barcelona, killing 13 people.
Oukabir is believed to have been the driver of that van, who fled after hitting people along Las Ramblas.
Spanish police have launched a massive manhunt for Moussa Oukabir
The five men later drove a car into pedestrians in Cambrils on Thursday night.
They were armed with knives and an axe and wore fake explosive belts, according to police.
A single police officer killed four of the five, with Catalan regional police official Josep Lluis Trapero saying it was "not easy" for the officer involved.
A Spanish woman was killed in the attack in Cambrils, while several civilians and a police officer were also injured.
Islamic State said those who carried out the attacks had responded to its call to target countries involved in a US-led coalition targeting the group.
The investigation is also centred on a house in Alcanar, southwest of Barcelona, which was destroyed by an explosion on Wednesday night.
Police believe the house was being used to plan one or several large-scale attacks in Barcelona, possibly using a large number of butane gas canisters stored there.
Luca Russo
The apparently accidental explosion at the house forced the suspects to scale down their plans and carry out more "rudimentary" attacks, according to police.
Four men have also been arrested in connection with the attacks - three Moroccans and a citizen from Spain's North African enclave of Melilla. They are aged between 21 and 34, and do not have a history of terror-related activities.
Authorities have issued arrest warrants for four further suspects in connection with the two attacks.
Moussa Oukabir is the younger brother of Driss Oukabir, whose ID was used to rent the van and whose photo was released by police in the aftermath of the attack.
He has claimed his brother stole his ID and reportedly handed himself in to police in Ripoll after he saw his photo in the media.
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