Dramatic moment hero saves baby by pushing pram out of speeding terror van’s path with a split second to spare
THIS is the dramatic a moment a hero man saved a baby by pushing its pram out of the path of the Barcelona terror van.
Footage shows the man shoving the pushchair to safety as the speeding vehicle hurtled down Las Ramblas at about 5pm yesterday.
The moment was captured on shop CCTV which was aimed out into the street as customers can be seen shopping in the foreground.
But behind them horror is unfolding as terrorists stormed down the busy tourist street, leaving at least 13 dead and hundreds injured.
The hero man acts fast as he is seen running and pushing the pram as the van hurtles past with just an inch to spare.
It's unclear whether the hero man knew the child in the pram.
Hours later a second attack took place in Cambrils, some 70 miles south west from the city on the Mediterranean coast.
A terror cell of “drugged up” Moroccans are thought to be behind the double terror attacks that rocked Spain yesterday.
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Four people have now been arrested in connection with the atrocities - including the baby-faced "jihadi" whose older brother accused him of stealing his ID to hire the van that mowed down crowds.
They have been named as Moussa Oukabir, 18, Salid Aallaa, 18, Mohamed Hychami, 2, and Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22.
The group are thought to be known as the Tarragona Cell, a gang of jihadis who have recently returned from Syria.
Spanish cops now believe the cell behind the atrocities could be as big as 15 people, according to El Confidencial.
Among those being investigated are said to be five members of the Oukabir family.
Driss, 28, whose name the van was rented in, reportedly turned himself in after seeing his face on TV.
It has been reported he denied blame and told investigating officers his brother Moussa, 17, stole his ID.
The brothers, their father Said, and two of their other siblings – including a 16-year-old girl – are being probed over their involvement, El Confidencial reports.
A neighbour of the family today described Moussa Oukabir as "a normal, nice boy".
The five attackers gunned down by cops in Cambrils are also presumed to be among the 15.
Police have now said one of that group could have been the driver of the van which killed 13 people in Barcelona.
- WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
- At 5pm on Thursday, a white Fiat van ploughed into a crowd in tourist hotspot Las Ramblas in Barcelona
- At least 13 people were killed and 130 more injured as the driver mowed down innocents along a 500m stretch of the packed pedestrian area
- The driver then fled the carnage on foot and a manhunt was launched
- Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the van attack was a result of 'jihadist terrorism' and ISIS has since claimed responsibility
- At least four men with no background in terrorism have been arrested in connection with the attack including Driss Oukabir - a 28-year-old Moroccan who is believed to have rented the van. His brother Moussa Oukabir, 17, stole his ID and is suspected to be the van driver
- Victims are from 34 countries. A seven-year-old British boy is feared to be among the victims as Theresa May says she is "urgently" looking into reports
- Eight hours later, one person was killed and seven injured after five terrorists carry out second terror attack in Cambrils - 68 miles from Barcelona
- Jihadists wearing fake suicide vests rammed an Audi A3 into pedestrians and were shot dead by police when the car flipped
- One of the five terrorists, who were armed with knives and axes, killed in Cambrils could have been the driver of the van which killed 13 people in Barcelona
- Officials are linking the attacks with an explosion that killed one person at a house 124 miles away from Las Ramblas on Wednesday as it emerges the terrorists could have been part of a cell involving eight to 12 people
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