Barcelona Mastermind & Van Driver, Younes Abouyaaqoub ‘Shot Dead Wearing Suicide Belt’

Police in Catalonia have shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, identified the probable driver of the van that killed 13 people on Barcelona’s Ramblas last week, as the manhunt zeroed in on him as the last remaining fugitive from the terrorist cell.

According to a Spanish reports, he was shot by police while wearing an explosives belt. It is unknown whether it was real or false.

The public had been warned that he was dangerous and could be armed.

As the manhunt was launched following the attack, Joaquin Form, the Catalan regional interior secretary, told local radio that “everything indicates” that Abouyaaqoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan and resident of the northern town of Ripoll, was the van driver.

Early CCTV images emerged appearing to show Abouyaaqoub making his escape on foot through Barcelona’s La Boqueria market following Thursday afternoon’s attack.