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| Police in Catalonia are still looking for a 22-year-old Moroccan suspect in the Barcelona attacks, who apparently remains at large, a police spokesman said in an interview Sunday. | Police in Catalonia are still looking for a 22-year-old Moroccan suspect in the Barcelona attacks, who apparently remains at large, a police spokesman said in an interview Sunday. |
| The suspect was identified as Younes Abouyaaqoub, police spokesman Albert Oliva told a local radio station, according to Reuters. | The suspect was identified as Younes Abouyaaqoub, police spokesman Albert Oliva told a local radio station, according to Reuters. |
| Police believe that the plot did not involve any people other than the 12 already identified, the spokesman said. While Abouyaaqoub remains at large, the 11 others have already been arrested or killed. | |
| Oliva added that the identification process of the 14 victims in Barcelona is progressing, but will require more time for DNA testing and necessary formalities. He said the families of some of the individuals killed have been notified. | |
| READ MORE: Police raids house of missing imam over suspected links to Catalonia terrorist attacks | |
| Catalan police have put up scores of roadblocks across the province in a manhunt for Abouyaaquoub, but the suspect has so far eluded law enforcement. | |
| The investigation is also focusing on imam Abdelbaki Es Satty, who is suspected of radicalizing the group behind the Barcelona attack. He is believed to have died in an explosion in a house in the town of Alcanar. | |
| Oliva refrained from confirming the number of people killed in the blast, saying it could be “one, two or three.” | |
| On Thursday, a man plowed a van into a crowd of people in a popular tourist street in Barcelona, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100. Hours later, terrorists launched a second attack in the seaside town of Cambrils, injuring seven people, one of whom later died. |