France Arrests Three Linked To Barcelona Attacks: Spain
Faizan Hashmi Published February 21, 2018 | 01:56 AM
Madrid, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Feb, 2018 ) :Three people were arrested in France on Tuesday for alleged links to a suspect in last year's deadly jihadist attacks in Barcelona and a nearby seaside resort, the Spanish interior ministry said Tuesday.
The arrests were made during a joint operation with French and Spanish police in the south and southwest of France, the ministry said in a statement.
A total of 16 people were killed when a van drove into crowds on the popular Las Ramblas boulevard in the heart of Barcelona and in a knife attack in the nearby resort of Cambrils in August 2017.
The three arrested were suspected to have links with Moroccan national Driss Oukabir, who was alleged to have rented the van used in the Barcelona rampage. Oukabir was arrested shortly after the attacks -- which were claimed by the Islamic State group -- and remanded in custody on terror-related offences.
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