Catalonia Police: Contractor of the attack in Barcelona killed

The driver of the truck, who shot down 14 and wounded more than 100 people in the center of Barcelona, was killed. This was reported by the Catalonia police.

The attacker is the name of Yunes Abuayakub. He is 22 years old, he is a native of Morocco. At night, the police searched him in the house in the city of Ripol in Catalonia.

Earlier it became known that in the suburbs of Barcelona, the police shot a man on whom the suicide baith belt was supposedly. Later, information about the involvement of the killed in the attacks and his name was confirmed by the police.

Confirmem Que La Persona Abatuda al%27incident de #subirats és yousa aBouyaaaqUB, autor de l%27atemptat terrorista a #barcelona

- Mossos (@mossos) August 21, 2017

Today it became known that the number of victims of the attack in Barcelona reached 15 people. According to the police, the suspect in the attack killed the driver of the car, on which he later disappeared.

15 people became victims of attacks in Catalonia on August 17: 14 in Barcelona and one in Cambrils. More than 100 people are injured. The investigation believes that terrorist attacks were prepared in advance by a large extremist group. The Islamic State terrorist organization took responsibility for attacks in Catalonia.