
Said Aallaa (1998-18 August 2017) was an Islamic State sympathizer from Morocco and a perpetrator of the 2017 Barcelona attack. He was the brother of fellow cell member Youssef Aallaa.
Biography[]
Said Aallaa was born in Naour, Morocco in 1998, and he was a member of a cell of Islamic State sympathizers based in Catalonia alongside his brother Youssef Aallaa. In August 2017, Aallaa, El Houssaine Abouyaaqoub, Moussa Oukabir, Omar Hychami, and Mohamed Hychami decided to carry out Islamist terror on the streets, and they took part in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack in Cambrils on 18 August 2017. Aallaa and the four other attackers were gunned down by police during their attack.