TVE and La Vanguardia newspaper are reporting that Driss Oukabir handed himself in to police in Ripoll, Girona, after seeing his own photo in the media.
He reportedly explained to officers that his identity documentation, which was apparently found inside the van used in the attack, had been stolen. Both sites claim he accused his younger brother of taking the documentation.
The rented vehicles were hired in his name.
Police are currently investigating whether his explanation is correct.
Oukabir is an anti-Semite with a rap sheet, and he’s blaming his younger brother for stealing and selling his, Driss’s, ID. Guess we’ll have to wait to see if any of Driss Oukabir’s DNA shows up in that van.
Now they’re tying this to a house that “blew up” last night in Tarragona. They think that the plan was to load up the van with explosives, but when the terrorists accidentally detonated the explosives in the house last night, they decided just to go ahead with the van attack. It’s better than nothing, right?
One person in the house was killed, and the other is in custody but in the hospital. However, the police should know more about this soon.