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Spanish police release the identities of the three killed terrorists behind Barcelona and Cambrils attacks




Spanish authorities have released the names of three Moroccan suspects who were killed after the terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils.

Police say the three men along with two others who orchestrated and carried out the sickening attacks that killed 14 people and injured hundreds more, have been identified as Moussa Oukabir, 17, Said Aallaa, 18, and Mohamed Hychami, 24.

The identity of the three attackers was released as police stepped up their efforts to catch a fourth suspect, who has also been identified as 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaquob.

According to Spanish media it is believed that Oukabir was the driver of the van that contained five men that ploughed through a crowd of people in Barcelona which left 13 people dead.

It is then thought Oukabir fled the scene and met up with four other attackers a number of hours later before they drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians in Cambrils.

Police say they were armed with knives and an axe and wore fake explosive belts.

They also say they are working with French authorities in order to trace the whereabouts of Abouyaaquob who managed to escape following the attack in Cambrils.

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