Barcelona van driver reportedly among 5 suspects killed by police in Cambrils

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• Trudeau confirms one Canadian killed, four others injured
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The driver of the van that rammed into crowds on a key tourist street in Barcelona, leaving at least 13 people dead and dozens wounded, is reportedly among the suspects killed by police following a second attack hours later inthe Catalan seaside resort of Cambrils, two Spanish newspapers report.

On Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement confirmingone Canadian had been killedand four othersinjured in the attack.

"We join Spain and countries around the world in grieving the senseless loss of so many innocent people," he said. "We must stand firm against the spread of hate and intolerance in all its forms. These violent acts that seek to divide us will only strengthen our resolve."

A police union official saidhe had been told thatMoussaOukabir, believed to be the driver in the Barcelona attack, was killed by officers early Friday.The official spoke anonymously because the official was not authorized to disclose the information.

A spokesperson for Catalonia regional police said authorities were investigating whether the driver had been killed, but would not say if they suspected this was Oukabir. Police were still focusing on the town ofCambrils, where a carplowed into a group of pedestrians on the town's boardwalk, killing at least one person and wounding six others, including a police officer.

Earlier in the day, police released the names and photos of four men wanted in connection with the attacks: Oukabir, 17, Mohamed Hychami, 24, Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, and Said Aallaa, 18.

A police union official saida documentwas sent to police across the country on Friday after Spain's National Court issued arrest warrants for the suspects. It identified the suspectsas being of Moroccan origin and from the small city of Ripoll near the Pyrenees Mountains and Spain's border with France.

Spanish authorities said the two vehicle attacks as well as an explosion earlier this week in a house elsewhere in Catalonia were related and the work of a large terrorist group. ISISquickly claimed responsibility.

Spanish officials said citizens from 34 countries were among thosekilled or injured in the attacks.

CBC's Thomas Daigle answered audience questions about the attacks in Spain this morning. You can watch the discussion here:

Police said they believe the attacks are linked to a Wednesday night explosion in the town of Alcanar, 90 kilometressouthwest ofCambrils, that left one person dead.

ISIS claims responsibility for Barcelona

The attacks began around 5 p.m. local time Thursday when thevan veeredonto a sidewalk and barrelleddown a busy pedestrian zone in Barcelona'spicturesque Las Ramblasdistrict, swerving from side to side as it mowed downtourists and residents and turned the popular European vacationpromenade into a bloody killing zone.

Victims were left sprawled in the street, spattered with blood orcrippled by broken limbs. Others fled in panic, screaming orcarrying young children in their arms.

"It was clearly a terror attack, intended to kill as many peopleas possible," Josep Lluis Trapero, head of the Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalonian police force, told anews conference late Thursday.

Two people were arrested shortly after the attack, followed by two others on Friday. They are three Moroccans and a Spaniard, and none hasextremist backgrounds, authorities said.

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ISIS said in astatement on its Aamaq news agency that the attack in Barcelona was carried outby "soldiers ofthe Islamic State" in response to the extremistgroup's calls for followers to target countries participating in the coalition trying to drive it from Syria and Iraq.

After the attack, Las Ramblas went into lockdown.Swarms of police brandishing handguns and automatic weaponslaunched a manhunt in the downtown district, ordering stores andcafs and public transport to shut down.

Hours later, at around 1 a.m. on Friday, local time, police in the popular seaside town of Cambrils, about 130 kilometres to the south, fatally shot five people near the town's boardwalk who had plowed into a group of tourists and locals with their blue Audi 3. One of the victims died later from her injuries.

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Early on, police identified Driss Oukabir as the mansuspected of rentingthe van used in Barcelona.

But reports emerged in Spanish media suggesting Oukabir had turned himself in to police and said his identification documents had been stolen, claiminghe was not involved in the attack.It is not known if he is one of the suspects in custody.

Las Ramblas is a wide avenue of stalls and shops that cutsthrough the centre of Barcelona and is one of the city's top touristdestinations. It features a pedestrian-only walkway in the centre, while cars can travel on either side.

A taxi driver who witnessed Thursday's attack, Oscar Cano, saidthe white van suddenly jumped the curb and sped down the centralpedestrian area at a high speed,veering from side to side as it targeted people.

Leaders react

There is a Canadian Consulate in Barcelona. The Foreign Affairs Department urged Canadians in Barcelona to let their loved ones know they are safe andprovided a contact number for those seeking assistance.

Canadian citizens in the area who need emergency consular assistance can contact officials at +34 93 270 3614 oror call the government's 24/7 emergency centre at 1-613-996-8885 or sos@international.gc.ca.

"We stand ready to assist Canadians as required,"the department told CBC News on Thursday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the attack on Twitter Thursday afternoon.

"Canada condemns today's terror attack in Barcelona our hearts, sympathies & support are with the victims and their families," Trudeau tweeted.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May saidthat the "the U.K. stands with Spain against terror."

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, meanwhile, said it was "with profound sorrow and anguish that I have learned of the terrorist attack that has struck at the heart of Barcelona this afternoon."

He added: "This cowardly attack has deliberately targeted those enjoying life and sharing time with family and friends. We will never be cowed by such barbarism."

Barcelona Mayor AdaColauexpressed gratitude for the solidarityexpressed from around the world.

Shealso saidthere would be a minute ofsilence Friday "toshow that we are not scared."The regional government announced three days of mourning.

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Cars, trucks and vans have been the weapon of choice in multipleextremist attacks in Europe and elsewhere in recent years.

The most deadly was the driver of a tractor-trailer who targeted Bastille Day revellers in the southern French city of Nice in July 2016, killing 86 people. In December 2016, 12 people died after a driver used a hijacked truck to drive into a Christmas market in Berlin.

There have been multiple attacks this year in London, where a man in a rented SUV plowed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four people before he ran onto the grounds of Parliament and stabbed an unarmed police officer to death in March.

Four other men drove onto the sidewalk of London Bridge, unleashing a rampage with knives that killed eight people in June. Another man also drove into pedestrians leaving a London mosque later in June.

In recent weeks, threatening graffiti against tourists has appeared in Barcelona, which draws at least 11 million visitors a year. In one video released under the slogan "Tourism Kills Neighbourhoods," several hooded individuals stopped a tourist bus in Barcelona, slashed the tires and spray-painted the windscreen.

The deadliest recent attack in Spain was in March 2004, when Islamist militants placed bombs on commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people and wounding more than 1,800.