Moussa
Oukabir, 18, is said to have stolen his older brother’s identity
documents to rent the white Renault van which later rammed into
pedestrians on a busy street popular with tourists. His brother Driss
Oukabir, 28, was initially named as a suspect but later handed himself
to a police station in Ripoll, a town to the north of Barcelona, and
told them his brother stole his ID.
Moussa
Oukabir is said to be a Spanish national of Moroccan heritage. He
had previously written a chilling post online about “killing infidels”.
The resident of Barcelona posted on social network Kiwi that if he was
king of the world, his first act would be to “kill the infidels”. He
uses his social media accounts to air hatred for non-Muslims.
Authorities
in Spain believe the terror cell may have had up to 12 members. Five
were shot dead by police during the second attack last night, another
suspect was killed in an explosion in Alcanar. Meanwhile, ISIS has
claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Driss
Oukabir brother, whose identity document is said to have been found in
the van used in the attack, was arrested yesterday on his way to hand
himself in to police and he told them his brother stole his ID
documents. After he and another suspect were detained yesterday, police
arrested a third person, a 34-year-old Moroccan, in Ripoll today.
Moussa, however, is still on the run.
A
security expert told the New York Times that police believe three vans
were hired using the elder Oukabir brother’s ID, after the plotters were
unable to hire a larger truck.
A separate
incident also occurred yesterday in Spain with a man getting shot dead
by police after driving through a roadblock and running over two
officers, injuring them. Spanish authorities now say he was not linked
to the attack.
A
third incident occurred in Spain yesterday. This time, it was a gas
explosion in Alcanar which led to the death of one. The dead man has
since been linked to the attacks last night. Police believe the house
where the explosion took place was being used as a bomb factory by the
terrorists.
Just
few hours after the initial attack that left 13 dead, there was another
attack. Five men wearing fake suicide belts were shot dead by police
after they launched a second terrorist attack in Cambrils, 70 miles
southwest of Barcelona at 1 a.m. on Friday morning, injuring seven
people by driving an Audi A3 into crowds on the seafront.
Footballers
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi who play for Spanish clubs have
reacted to the attacks in Spain and sent condolence messages. Neymar
also sent a condolence message.
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