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Barcelona attack: Surviving suspects face judge | Barcelona attack: Surviving suspects face judge |
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Four men accused of belonging to the cell behind the attacks in and around Barcelona are appearing at the high court in Madrid. | |
They are being questioned by a judge deciding what charges to press over the vehicle attacks that left 15 people dead and more than 100 injured. | |
Eight other members of the alleged cell are dead - two were killed in an explosion, six were shot by police. | |
The last suspect was killed in a vineyard west of Barcelona on Monday. | The last suspect was killed in a vineyard west of Barcelona on Monday. |
A 22-year-old Moroccan, Younes Abouyaaqoub, is thought to have been the driver of the van that rammed into crowds in Barcelona on Thursday. | A 22-year-old Moroccan, Younes Abouyaaqoub, is thought to have been the driver of the van that rammed into crowds in Barcelona on Thursday. |
He was shot dead after being spotted in a vineyard to the west of Barcelona on Monday wearing a fake explosives belt. Police said he had shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is Greatest") and that he was armed with knives. | |
The surviving suspects were moved, under high security, from Barcelona to Madrid for Tuesday's hearing. | The surviving suspects were moved, under high security, from Barcelona to Madrid for Tuesday's hearing. |
Investigating judge Fernando Andreu was expected to read out the charges against them, likely to span counts of terrorism, murder and possession of arms. | |
They began giving evidence before the judge during the afternoon. | |
First to testify was Mohamed Houli Chemlal, who was in an explosion that reduced to rubble a house in Alcanar, south of Barcelona, the night before the Las Ramblas attack in Barcelona. | |
He was wearing hospital pyjamas for his court appearance as he is still being treated for his injuries. | |
Two other suspects were killed in the blast, which is believed to have prompted the suspects to change their attack plans. Police later found a cache of 120 gas canisters at the scene. | |
The other suspects in court were: | |
The hearing took place while Ana Suárez, a woman in her 60s killed in the Cambrils attack, was buried in a private ceremony in Zaragoza. Forty-five companies in a Catalonia association of undertakers and funeral companies have offered to perform funerals for the victims without charge. | |
Most of the 12 suspects lived in the town of Ripoll, north of Barcelona close to the French border. All were young men of North African descent. |