
El Houssaine Abouyaaqoub (1998-18 August 2017) was an Islamic State sympathizer from Morocco who was one of the perpetrators of the 2017 Barcelona attack. His brother Younes Abouyaaqoub was the driver of the van used in the attack.
Biography[]
El Houssaine Abouyaaqoub was born in Morocco in 1998, and he became a member of the Islamic State cell in Catalonia alongside his brother Younes Abouyaaqoub. In August 2017, he took part in a vehicle-ramming and stabbing attack in Cambrils shortly after the van attack in Barcelona, and he was gunned down by a nearby policeman alongside fellow attackers Moussa Oukabir, Said Aallaa, Omar Hychami, and Mohamed Hychami.