Photograph: Jonathan Watts for the GuardianOn Monday, however, Catalan police confirmed that Es Satty never went to Morocco. After he arrived in town, young Muslim men spent more time at the mosque. Es Satty had been identified as a person of interest even before his DNA was confirmed at the bomb factory. Nordin said Es Satty rarely read his Qur’an and would only pray in his own room or the mosque. Although he gave no indication of being a radical, Es Satty was withdrawn from wider society.

Source: The Guardian August 22, 2017 04:00 UTC