Detainees after the terrorist attack in Barcelona are immigrants from North Africa. As reported by RIA Novosti, said at a press conference Josep Luis Trapero, coordinator of law enforcement, the Mossos d’esquadra.
According to him, one of the suspects born in Morocco, the second in Melilla, the Spanish enclave on the border with Morocco. According to Trapero, previously they were not brought to trial. According to investigators, the detainees involved in the terrorist attack.
He added that the driver of the vehicle that hit police, killed, attack, he has nothing. “This man is dead, he was a Spaniard, his Association with terrorists has not been confirmed”, — he said.
Trapero also said that the driver of the van, ran over people, still remains at large.
On the afternoon of 17 August, the van ran into pedestrians on the Las Ramblas in Barcelona. According to recent reports, killed 13 people, injured more than 100. The driver managed to escape from the scene of the crime.
Some time later, there appeared information on detention of the Drissa Akabira who rented the van. It was reported that together with him were taken into custody another man. Authorities later confirmed that two people have been arrested. Kabir later turned himself in to police and said he stole the documents.
In addition, during the shooting, the police eliminated another suspect of involvement in the attack. According to some, is the man responsible for hitting the police on Avenida Diagonal in Barcelona, some time later, after the attack on the Rambla. When it hit the two law enforcement officers.
Responsibility for attack was assumed by the terrorist group “Islamic state” (banned in Russia).