The driver of the van who committed 17 Aug hitting on people on the pedestrian part of La Rambla in Central Barcelona, could be shot during the second attack in the municipality of Cambrils. About it reports on Friday, August 18, Daily Mail.
According to the publication, law enforcement believe the perpetrators of terrorist acts could join a group of other attackers for the next attack. The police said that the investigation points to this, however there is no accurate evidence.
Currently, the identity of the terrorist from Barcelona is not installed, it disappeared. The main suspect is a 17-year-old (according to other sources he’s 18) Moussa Kabir. It is assumed that he stole from his older brother Driss passport and rented in his name two vans. One of them was used for the terrorist attack in Barcelona, the second found in Vic.
As noted, the brothers lived in Ripoll, they are of Moroccan origin, Moussa Spanish citizen, Drissa French passport. The newspaper writes that earlier in the network the younger wrote about the destruction of the infidels in case of gaining unlimited power.
After the attack, unknown gunmen shot down on Diagonal Avenue, police cordoned off the area of emergency. Injured two guards. It was reported that who was in the passenger seat of the car the man was stabbed to death.
The same evening in Tarragona, South of Barcelona, a group of terrorists in a van ran over people. According to police, the criminals were a hatchet and knives, and fake suicide belts. As a result, injured seven people, one of them later died. Four of the attackers were eliminated on the spot, the fifth died in the hospital.
The ABC has published on Twitter a video of Cambrils. The footage police officer shoots the criminal.
Video: ABC News / Twitter
According to recent reports, the victims of the attacks were 14 people, more than 100 were injured. Injured citizens of 34 States. On suspicion of involvement in the terrorist attacks detained four.
Responsibility has taken the group “Islamic state” (banned in Russia).