Spain, France search for Moroccan suspect in dual attacks - News Summed Up

Spain, France search for Moroccan suspect in dual attacks


The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) initially claimed responsibility for the Barcelona attack, which took place on the city's famed Las Ramblas. (Spanish Police/EPA)The name of the lone suspect at large, Abouyaaquoub, figures on a police list of four main suspects sought in the attacks. Suspect list also distributed in FranceThe suspect list was issued throughout Spain and into France, according to a Spanish official and a French police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Spanish authorities had not yet drawn any direct links between ISIS extremists and the suspects in the Spanish attacks, but the possibility that members of the Spanish group could still be at large was chilling. Canadian Ian Moore Wilson, the father of a Vancouver police officer, died in the Barcelona attack, while his wife Valerie was injured.


Source: CBC News August 19, 2017 14:08 UTC



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