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Spanish Police Hunt Suspected Terrorists in Attacks Killing 14 in Barcelona, Cambrils

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Spanish Police Hunt Suspected Terrorists in Attacks Killing 14 in Barcelona, Cambrils

Spanish police are hunting for a suspected terrorist who drove a van into crowds strolling the La Ramblas pedestrian mall in Barcelona on August 17. Hours later an Audi A3 car rammed into pedestrians in the Spanish seaside resort of Cambrils, 75 miles to the south, injuring six civilians and a police officer. One of the civilians later died. A total of 14 people were killed in the two attacks, with more than 100 being injured.

Two people connected with the attack, one from Morocco, the other a Spanish national, are in police custody. Police said that one of the arrested suspects in the Barcelona attack was a Spaniard born in Melilla, a Spanish territory in North Africa, and the other a Moroccan named as Driss Oukabir.

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