Barcelona van attack
On 17 August 2017, Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, drove a rented van at high speed down Barcelona's La Rambla. Contemporary reports put the La Rambla death toll at 13 (SMH, Guardian). He fled on foot, hijacked a car and killed its driver. The next day, five members of the same cell attacked people with knives on the promenade at Cambrils, killing one woman, and police shot all five dead. Abouyaaqoub was shot dead by police on 21 August. The BBC, Guardian and AP (2021) report that the attacks killed 16 people in total, and AP and the Guardian put the number wounded at 140. The Guardian reports that ISIS claimed the attackers as "soldiers of the Islamic State." The day before the attacks, an accidental explosion at a house in Alcanar destroyed the cell's explosives and killed the group's leader, imam Abdelbaki Es Satty.
On 27 May 2021, Spain's Audiencia Nacional sentenced Mohamed Houli Chemlal to 53½ years and Driss Oukabir to 46 years, for offences including belonging to a terrorist organisation and possessing explosives. The BBC reported they will serve no more than 20 years. Said Ben Iazza got eight years for collaborating with a terrorist group. Chemlal and Oukabir were acquitted of terrorist homicide.
Julian Cadman, seven, an Australian-British student at St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Lalor Park, in Sydney, was killed on La Rambla. His mother was seriously injured. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's office said: "The Australian Government is deeply saddened to confirm that Julian Cadman, a seven year old Australian boy, was among those killed in the terrorist attack in Barcelona." Ms Bishop confirmed four Australians were injured. Sydney woman Suria Intan was reported in a serious condition in hospital (SMH, SBS).
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