Barcelona Van-Plowing Suspect Identified, Trump Condemns Terror Attack

Barcelona Van-Plowing Suspect Identified, Trump Condemns Terror Attack
Policemen check the identity of people standing with their hands up after a van ploughed into the crowd, killing two persons and injuring several others on the Rambla in Barcelona on August 17, 2017. JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images
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A van plowed into crowds in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Thursday and a regional official said 13 people were killed, in what police said they were treating as a terrorist attack.

Police in Barcelona have released a picture of the man who allegedly rented the van used in the attack.

Driss Oukabir, in his 20s, was born in Morocco, according to local media.  He was arrested a few hours after the attack.

 

(Barcelona Police)
Barcelona Police