The alleged Barcelona attacker who was killed Monday grew up in a small Catalan town where he seemed “nicely integrated” like his younger brother who also died as part of the same terror cell, residents said.
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Younes Abouyaaqoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan, was shot by police not far from Barcelona in northeastern Spain after a four-day manhunt for the man who allegedly drove a van through crowds in the popular Mediterranean city, killing 13.
He didn’t stop there, fleeing his vehicle on foot after Thursday’s attack, hijacking a car and stabbing its driver to death to make his getaway.
“I’m happy and sad all at once,” Hassan Azzidi, a Moroccan factory worker, said in the Catalan town of Ripoll where many members of the terror cell that planned the Barcelona attack and another car rampage in the seaside resort of Cambrils came from.
Police work at the scene on a road near Subirats, Spain, where Barcelona van suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot dead. Photo: AP
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Police photos of Younes Abouyaaqoub, the alleged terrorist who was believed to have driven the van used in last week’s Barcelona terror attack. Photo: EPA
“This had to end, because we’re living as if in a war, but at the same time, someone brainwashed such a young boy.
