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Barcelona incident: Man wearing explosive belt shot in suburb of Subirats Barcelona incident: Man wearing explosive belt shot in suburb of Subirats
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A man wearing an explosive belt has been shot and killed by police in Subirats, west of Barcelona, the Catalan police have said. A man wearing what appeared to be an explosive belt has been shot and killed by police in Subirats, west of Barcelona, the Catalan police have said.
The shooting comes amid a search for Younes Abouyaaqoub, a man believed to be the driver of a van used to kill 13 and injure more than 130 people in Barcelona on Thursday.The shooting comes amid a search for Younes Abouyaaqoub, a man believed to be the driver of a van used to kill 13 and injure more than 130 people in Barcelona on Thursday.
"The suspicious man in Subirats [was wearing] what looks like a belt of explosives attached to the body. This man has been shot down," Catalonia's police force, Mossos, said on Twitter."The suspicious man in Subirats [was wearing] what looks like a belt of explosives attached to the body. This man has been shot down," Catalonia's police force, Mossos, said on Twitter.
Catalan public radio said a bomb disposal robot had removed the possible explosives belt from the suspect.
The radio reported the man's body was face down.
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia said Abouyaaqoub had been arrested in Sant Sadurni de Noya, west of Barcelona.Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia said Abouyaaqoub had been arrested in Sant Sadurni de Noya, west of Barcelona.
Spanish police declined to confirm the report but said on Twitter shortly before that an "incident" was under way in Subirats, which is 10km (6 miles) away, without giving further details. Police declined to confirm the report, but said a man wearing a possible explosives belt had been shot in Subirats, which is 10km (6 miles) away from Sant Sadurni de Noya.
Abouyaaqoub, 22, has been the target of an international manhunt since the van attack, with authorities saying they now have evidence he drove the van that plowed down Barcelona's famed Las Ramblas promenade.Abouyaaqoub, 22, has been the target of an international manhunt since the van attack, with authorities saying they now have evidence he drove the van that plowed down Barcelona's famed Las Ramblas promenade.
Abouyaaqoub is then suspected of carjacking a man and stabbing him to death as he made his getaway, raising the death toll between the Barcelona attack and a related attack hours later to 15.  He is then suspected of carjacking a man and stabbing him to death as he made his getaway, raising the death toll between the Barcelona attack and a related attack hours later to 15. 
Another vehicle attack early on Friday, by other members of what Catalonia regional police have described as a 12-member extremist cell, killed one person and wounded several others in the coastal town of Cambrils.Another vehicle attack early on Friday, by other members of what Catalonia regional police have described as a 12-member extremist cell, killed one person and wounded several others in the coastal town of Cambrils.
The attack ended in a shootout with police, who killed five attackers. The attack ended in a shootout with police, who killed five attackers. 
Isis claimed responsibility for both attacks. Isis claimed responsibility for both attacks. 
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