Barcelona terror attack: Who is Driss Oukabir?

The arrest of Driss Oukabir, a 28-year-old Morrocan man, in connection with the deadly terrorist attack in Barcelona, has provided more questions than answers after the suspect claimed that documents linking him to the killings were stolen.

Oukabir was taken into custody in the town Ripoll, about 65 miles north of Barcelona, after documents bearing his name were found in the van used to kill at least 13 people in a tree-lined pedestrian mall on Thursday.  Investigators, while not immediately dismissing Oukabir's possible role in the attack, believe Oukabir's brother Moussa Oukabir, who lives in Barcelona, could have used his ID and may have been the driver.

Police say they are looking for Moussa Oukabir, but have not officially confirmed his alleged role in the attacks, El Pais reports.

A police union official, however, said Friday that he had been told that Moussa Oukabir, one of the main suspects in the van attacks in Barcelona and later Wednesday in Cambrils, was killed by officers in Cambrils early Friday.

Two years ago, according to British newspaper The Independent, an account registered in Moussa's name posted regularly on a q-and-a website called Kiwi. In response to a question asking what users would do if they ruled the world, he wrote: "Kill the infidels and leave only Muslims who follow the religion." Asked where he would never want to live, he replied: "The Vatican".

Driss Oukabir, who is a legal resident of Spain, is from Aghbala, Morocco, a small, landlocked town in the middle of the country. He was living in Ripoll, a Catalan city near the border with France, at the time of the attack, according to El País.

Driss traveled from Morocco to Barcelona on Aug. 13, according to the newspaper.

According to Oukabir’s Facebook page, which was later taken down, he had earlier lived in the French city of Marseilles, The Guardian reports. El País said he had spent time in prison in Figueres, Catalonia, and had been released in 2012.

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