(Barcelona) Spanish police, hunting the Moroccan driver from last Thursday's Barcelona van attack, have shot dead a man to the west of the city who was wearing a rig which resembled an explosive belt, The incident took place some 25 miles from Barcelona in the town of Subirat.
Spanish media are reporting that Abouyaaqoub the man wanted for the van attack as the man killed, Police were alerted to the town after a member of the public tipped them off that the man they were after had been spotted at a petrol station. When the police arrived the man confronted them wearing a suicide vest screaming "Allahu Akbar" in return a policeman went 'Bang,bang'.
Spanish media are reporting that Abouyaaqoub the man wanted for the van attack as the man killed, Police were alerted to the town after a member of the public tipped them off that the man they were after had been spotted at a petrol station. When the police arrived the man confronted them wearing a suicide vest screaming "Allahu Akbar" in return a policeman went 'Bang,bang'.
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.@skymarkwhite says Spanish reporting suggests the main Spanish attack suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub has been shot by police pic.twitter.com/6TTdP7tI1m— Sky News (@SkyNews) 21 August 2017
