Spain attacks: 2 suspects face terror charges
Barcelona, Spain (CNN)Two suspects allegedly connected to the terror cell behind attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain, were formally charged at a preliminary hearing on Tuesday with membership in a terrorist organization, murder and explosives possession.
Mohamed Houli Chemlal and Driss Oukabir were charged by Madrid's High Court.
Two other men arrested in connection with last week's terror attacks also appeared in court on Tuesday.
Salah El Karib will be held for further questioning. Mohamed Aalla was released and has to appear in court every Monday, a court document says.
Those four suspected members of the cell were in court less than 24 hours after police killed Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of the van in Barcelona.
The attack killed 13 people and injured more than 100 others.
Also Tuesday, Spanish authorities said they have identified the body of Abdelbaki Es Satty, an imam who died in a house explosion in Alcanar last Wednesday night, a court document says.
A second body has not been identified.
Investigators also recovered butane bombs, TATP and several ISIS-related documents inside the house, including plane tickets to Brussels, Belgium, the document says.
Audi caught on camera in France
Officials also revealed that a vehicle used in another deadly attack last week had been seen earlier in France.
The car, an Audi A3, was caught speeding on camera in Paris in the days before Friday's attack in the Spanish town of Cambrils, French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said.
One woman was killed when the vehicle mowed down pedestrians early Friday in Cambrils. The five assailants in the car were shot dead by police at the scene.
The Cambrils attack came hours after the Barcelona attack.
Collomb told CNN affiliate BFMTV on Tuesday he was unsure why the car in the Cambrils rampage had been in Paris and said the terror cell behind the attacks was not on the radar of French authorities.
Also Tuesday, Moroccan security forces detained a 34-year-old man in Oujda, Morocco, near the Algerian border, state-run television reported, citing sources close to the investigation. The man was detained for possible links to the Barcelona attack, the station said.
The man resides in Ripoli, Spain, north of Barcelona, the same town where eight of the 12 terror cell members lived.
Moroccan security forces are working with Catalan authorities and have sent experts to Spain to assist with the investigation.
Van driver shot dead
Police deployed a robot to remove what turned out to be a fake explosives belt from Abouyaaqoub's body before officers were cleared to approach it and make a positive identification, authorities said Monday. The suspect had knives in his possession when he was shot, said José Lluís Trapero, head of Catalan police.
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