Quote:Barcelona and Cambrils: 'Bigger' attacks were prepared.
'The suspects in the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils were planning one or more bigger
attacks than those that were carried out, police say.
They said blasts on Wednesday in a town south of Barcelona deprived plotters of bomb
material, so they executed simpler attacks using vehicles to ram crowds.
Police are seeking Moussa Oukabir, thought to be 17, and three others.
Oukabir is suspected of carrying out Thursday's attack on Barcelona's Ramblas, where
13 people died. Scores of others were injured as a van driver zig-zagged along the famous
tourist street.
Moussa Oukabir, a Spanish citizen from the northern Catalan city of Girona, is suspected
of using his brother's documents to rent the van that mowed down people on the famous
boulevard.
Hours later, police killed five suspected jihadists in a second vehicle attack in the town of
Cambrils. A woman injured in that attack died later.
Police said the men killed in Cambrils were linked to the Barcelona attack, which the
Islamic State (IS) group said it had carried out.
Spanish media, quoting unnamed police sources, said Oukabir was among those killed
in Cambrils but there has been no official confirmation.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has condemned what he called a "jihadist attack"
in Barcelona. He has announced three days of national mourning and a minute's silence
was held at noon (10:00 GMT) on Friday...'
Confirmed dead:
Spaniard Francisco López Rodríguez, in his 60s
Italian Bruno Gulotta, 35
Italian Luca Russo, 25
Unnamed Belgian
Unnamed US citizen
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UPDATE:
Apparently, the kid -Moussa Oukabir, the driver of the van -was one of the five that were shot and killed in Cambrils.
So that panned out nicely, eh?
Edith Head Gives Good Wardrobe.