Claims of responsibility by Isis do not necessarily mean there is a direct connection between attackers and the terrorist group. Using the group’s Amaq news agency, Isis claims the perpetrators of the attack are “soldiers of the Islamic State”, but this has not yet been verified.Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.The El País newspaper says Oukabir, or someone with his ID, rented the Fiat van used in the attack.He tells police he came forward after he saw his name and image being circulated in the media. Oukabir is arrested in the northern Catalan town of Ripoll, 70 miles from Barcelona.But Oukabir says his passport and ID were stolen, and that he played no part in the attack. The 28-year old Moroccan-born Spanish resident is identified from documents left at the scene.Police confirm one suspect, Driss Oukabir, has been arrested after turning himself in.He says a connection to the other attacks can no longer be ruled out.On Friday morning, the Catalan interior minister, Joaquim Forn, contradicts earlier reports, saying the man died of knife wounds not inflicted by police.An official at the time ruled out a connection to the attack on Las Ramblas. Initial reports say he died from police gunfire after running over two officers, leaving one with a broken leg.A man is killed when he attempts to drive through a police roadblock in the town of Sant Just Desvern, on the outskirts of Barcelona.On Twitter they say they have “activated the terrorist attack protocol” for the region. Catalan police confirm they are dealing with a terrorist attack.The perpetrator of the Barcelona attack remains at large.Police say the van was hired at the same time as the Fiat used in the attack.In the town of Vic, 50 miles north of Barcelona, police find a second van, presumed to be a getaway vehicle.The attack kills 13 people and leaves about 100 injured.The smashed van is left at the foot of a mosaic by artist Joan Míro.The driver continues down the pedestrian boulevard of Las Ramblas, a popular tourist destination, for more than 500 metres before stopping and fleeing on foot.A white Fiat van veers off the road and into a crowd outside the Plaça de Catalunya metro station.Senior police official Josep Lluis Trapero later says the blast was related to the van attack in Barcelona the following day, and that those in the house were attempting to “prepare an explosive device”.Most injuries occur after firefighters and police officers are caught by a second blast while investigating the initial explosion. Police say the blast is the result of an accumulation of gas, but do not release further details.An explosion at a house in the small town of Alcanar, 120 miles south of Barcelona, and the southernmost point of Catalonia, kills one person and wounds 16.
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