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Driss Oukabir: who is the Barcelona suspect?
One of the vans used to carry out the murderous rampage at the heart of the city was rented by Driss Oukabir, said to have been a convicted criminal. Oukabir rented the white Mercedes van in the town of Santa Perpetua de la Mogada, 16 miles north of Barcelona, according to Spanish police. Scores of scores of innocent victims were mowed down as a van ploughed down the Spanish city’s hugely popular Las Ramblas shortly after 5pm. After careering off the road, the driver sped through crowds of tourists for up to 200metres, sending pedestrians flying, before coming to a halt outside the the kosher Maccabi restaurant. At least 13 people were killed. It was not clear if Oukabir was driving the vehicle or in any way involved in the attack. He was known to police, El Pais reported, and spent time in prison in Figueres, Catalonia, being released in 2012. Anti-terrorism sources told the newspaper that Oukabir arrived in Barcelona from Morocco on August 13. Police have been identifying his associates in a bid to work out who was behind the terror attack. The same sources said Oukabir was known to have spent time in Madrid this year and police were attempting to work out where he stayed and who he met there. A local newspaper in Catalonia, El Nacional, reported that Oukabir told police in Ripoll that he had nothing to do with the Barcelona attack. He said that his documents had been stolen and used to hire the car, sources told the paper. Jordi Munell, mayor of Ripoll, confirmed that Oukabir had denied any involvement in the attack. According to police audio recordings, the driver of the van was 1m 70cm tall, dressed in a white shirt with blue stripes. Police found a Spanish passport inside the van. Spanish reports claimed Oukabir was born in Morocco in 1989 and legally resident in Spain. But in what is believed to be his Facebook profile, he says he was from Marseille, southern France, but living in Ripoll, in Catalonia, northern Spain. On Tuesday, he changed his profile picture to one depicting him sunbathing on an identified beach. Wearing white headphones, he posed for the picture on a blue towel laid out next to a pink one. It is unclear whether the photographer was male or female but police were understood to be investigating he either arrived in the city with a woman, or met one. His profile, on which he calls himself Driss Oukabir Soprano, states that he has been in a relationship since December 2013 and contains links to more than 700 friends, several of whom were likely relatives with the same Oukabir surname. Within minutes of his name being released, the profile was flooded with vitriolic messages, condemning him for any apparent involvement. The profile was later removed from the internet. Over the last few weeks, Oukabir posted links to several hip hop music videos on YouTube. One of them, he described as being “for my brother”. In one video the all boy band, who sing in French, are seen celebrating and singing about vodka. In another, they revel in their love for expensive sports cars and women. In July, he republished a post containing graphic images of a masked gunman holding a screaming child. The caption read: “Alas! what has happened to our Arabism. “Even the children haven't been rescued from the Israeli Occupation.” Police are understood to have made an arrest following the attack but the suspect has not yet been identified.
Bikini-Clad Drunk Woman Bites Man's Fishing Line, Gets Arrested: Authorities
A drunk woman bit a fisherman's line and took off with his lure, authorities said.
Hurry: It’s not too late to get eclipse glasses for Monday’s solar eclipse!
In case you hadn't noticed the news from the 4,835,762 blogs trying as hard as they can to game Google and get some of that sweet, sweet eclipse traffic, there's a rare total solar eclipse happening soon. The eclipse is set to take place on Monday, and it'll be visible on the West Coast beginning in the early morning at 9:05 AM local time. This fantastic natural phenomenon will then sweep across the country for several hours, giving millions of Americans the chance to experience it. Here's a schedule from timeanddate.com:
This total solar eclipse will truly be a sight to behold, but if you stare directly at it you'll burst into flames and die like a vampire. OK, so that's not true at all, but it can damage your eyes if they aren't properly protected. Lucky for you, it's not to late to order the eclipse glasses everyone has been going crazy over. This way, you can see the eclipse without risking damage to your vision.
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