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What We Know About the Attacks in Spain What We Know About the Attacks in Spain
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• The police were searching for the driver of a van who plowed into a busy pedestrian thoroughfare in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday, intentionally targeting people in a terrorist attack claimed by the Islamic State. Thirteen people were killed, and scores were injured. • The police were searching for the driver of a van who killed 13 people and injured scores when he plowed into a busy pedestrian thoroughfare in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday.
• Hours later, the police fatally shot five suspects in the seaside town of Cambrils, 70 miles to the southwest. The suspects, who the police said were wearing vests with fake explosives, had driven an Audi A3 onto a sidewalk, killing one person and injuring six. • Hours later, the police fatally shot five suspects in the seaside town of Cambrils, about 60 miles to the southwest. The suspects, who the police said were wearing vests with fake explosives, had driven a car onto a sidewalk, killing one person and injuring six.
Just before 6 p.m., a van jumped a curb and began speeding down the pedestrian walkway at the center of Barcelona’s most famous street, Las Ramblas, a tree-lined boulevard popular with locals and tourists. • Four suspects are being held by police in their investigation of the two vehicular assaults.
The van continued for 1,600 feet, leaving a trail of bloodied bodies in its wake. • The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Barcelona attack, and the authorities said the two vehicular assaults had been coordinated.
It came to a halt on top of a tile mosaic by the Spanish artist Joan Miró, and the driver escaped on foot. This graphic tracks the route of the van. The authorities were still searching for the driver of the van that jumped a curb and began speeding down the pedestrian walkway at the center of Barcelona’s most famous street, Las Ramblas.
Eight hours after the attack in Barcelona, the Catalan police confronted and killed five suspects in the seaside town of Cambrils. They said they were looking for a man identified as Moussa Oukabir, 17, who is suspected in the attack and could possibly be the driver of the van. Another police official said Friday that Mr. Oukabir may have been among the five assailants killed in the second attack in Cambrils.
Mr. Oukabir is the younger brother of a man arrested on Thursday when he turned himself in to the police in Ripoll, a city about 65 miles north of Barcelona. The man, Driss Oukabar, a French citizen of Moroccan origin, said his identity documents, discovered in the van used for the Barcelona attack, had been stolen and his brother was responsible, according to local news reports.
The police in Alcanar also arrested a Spaniard from the Spanish territory of Melilla in Morocco. They said they were investigating a possible link to what was initially believed to be a gas explosion there on Wednesday. The man was not identified.
Two more people were detained on Friday in connection with the attacks, which killed and wounded people from at least 34 countries.
While the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Barcelona attack, the authorities have not yet confirmed the group’s involvement.
It appears so.
Joaquim Forn, Catalonia’s interior minister, told a local radio station that the incident in Cambrils “follows the same trail” as the van attack in Barcelona. “There is a connection,” he said.
The Barcelona attack occurred just before 6 p.m., when the van jumped a curb and began speeding 1,600 feet along Las Ramblas, leaving a trail of bloodied bodies on the side of the tree-lined boulevard.
The van came to a halt on top of a tile mosaic by the Spanish artist Joan Miró, and the driver escaped on foot. This graphic tracks the route of the van.
About eight hours after the attack in Barcelona, the Catalan police confronted and killed five suspects in the seaside town of Cambrils.
The authorities say they interrupted what would have been a larger attack. But the suspects, who had fake explosives strapped to their bodies, were able to drive their car into a crowd of people, killing one person and injuring six. A police officer was also hurt.The authorities say they interrupted what would have been a larger attack. But the suspects, who had fake explosives strapped to their bodies, were able to drive their car into a crowd of people, killing one person and injuring six. A police officer was also hurt.
Joaquim Forn, Catalonia’s interior minister, told a local radio station that the second event “follows the same trail,” adding: “There is a connection.”
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Barcelona attack, but the authorities have not yet confirmed the group’s involvement.
The police arrested two men on Thursday, neither of whom is accused of driving the van. A Spaniard from the Spanish territory of Melilla in Morocco was arrested in Alcanar, where the police said they were investigating a possible link to what was initially believed to be a gas explosion there on Wednesday. The man was not identified.
The second man, Driss Oukabar, a French citizen of Moroccan origin, turned himself in to the police in Ripoll, a city about 65 miles north of Barcelona. He claimed that his identity documents, discovered in the van used for the attack, had been stolen and that his brother was responsible, according to local news reports.
The authorities were still searching for the driver of the van. They said they were looking for a man identified as Moussa Oukabir, who is either 17 or 18 years old; it was not clear if the police believe he was the driver.
Moussa Oukabir appears to be the younger brother of Driss Oukabar.
On Friday, the police announced the arrest of two more suspects in connection with the night’s attacks. No details about those suspects were released.
Details have only begun to emerge about the dead and injured, who the Spanish authorities said were from at least 34 countries.Details have only begun to emerge about the dead and injured, who the Spanish authorities said were from at least 34 countries.
Twenty-six French were wounded, with 11 in serious condition, France’s foreign minister said. A Belgian was reported to have been killed, and Australia’s foreign minister said an Australian citizen was unaccounted for. The Chinese Consulate in Barcelona said a Hong Kong resident had been slightly injured. One American was killed, and another injured, according to the State Department. They were not identified.
Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni confirmed on Twitter that two Italian tourists in Barcelona were killed: Luca Russo, 25, who was on vacation with his girlfriend; and Bruno Gulotta, 35, who was killed while walking with his wife and their two young children along Las Ramblas.
Twenty-six French were wounded, with 11 in serious condition, France’s foreign minister said. Flags in the country were lowered to half-mast on Friday.
A Belgian was reported to have been killed, and Australia’s foreign minister said an Australian citizen was unaccounted for. The Chinese Consulate in Barcelona said a Hong Kong resident had been slightly injured.
• The identity of the driver of the van in Barcelona, and the breadth of the conspiracy.• The identity of the driver of the van in Barcelona, and the breadth of the conspiracy.
• The extent of the Islamic State’s involvement. If involved, did the group order or merely inspire the attacks? • The extent of the Islamic State’s involvement. If the Islamist extremist group was involved, did the group order the attacks and provide material support, or did it merely inspire the attackers who conspired on their own?
• The names and nationalities of the victims. • The names and nationalities of most of the victims.