Suspect apparently told officers that his identification documents had been stolen and he played no part in the attackSpanish police have arrested Driss Oukabir, a 28-year-old man who was born in Morocco who was initially named as a suspect in the Barcelona attack. Barcelona attack: 13 confirmed dead after van hits Las Ramblas crowds – latest updates Read moreReports suggested that Oukabir hired the white Fiat van used in the attack from a rental company in a town about 15 miles (25km) from the centre of Barcelona. He apparently told officers that his identification documents had been stolen before the attack and that he had played no part in it. He was then arrested by officers in Ripoll, the Catalonian town where he was living about 60 miles north of Barcelona. He was held in the town of Alcanar, where police suspect that two earlier explosions in a house were linked to the attack.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2017 20:10 UTC