Spain, Finland mourn attack victims as probes focus on Moroccans

Brief-stricken Spain and Finland paid homage on Aug. 20 to victims of terror assaults, as investigators turned their focus to Moroccan suspects in separate probes. 

Spanish King Felipe, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Catalonia's president Carles Puigdemont led the ceremony in Barcelona's Sagrada Familia church mourning the 14 people killed by jihadists who used vehicles to mow down pedestrians in Barcelona's Las Ramblas boulevard on Aug. 17 and in the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils early on Aug. 18.

"These have been days of tears, many tears," said auxiliary bishop Sebastia Taltavull.  

Outside the church, snipers were posted on rooftops surrounding the landmark building by Gaudi, while heavily armed police stood guard as hundreds of people gathered under grey skies.

Catalonia resident Teresa Rodriguez said she had turned up to pray for the victims.

"What happened in Las Ramblas is really hard for us, we go for walks there often, it could have happened to me, my children or anyone. And here we are. It's huge, huge," she said as she fought back tears.

Later on Aug. 20, nearly 100,000 people were expected at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium for their team's first game of the season, to be marked by a minute of silence for the victims.

Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said on Aug. 19 the cell behind the carnage that also injured 120 had been "dismantled," although local authorities took a more cautious tone.

Police were still hunting 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub, who media reports say was the driver of a van that smashed into crowds on the popular Las Ramblas boulevard on Thursday, killing 13 people.

Hours later, there was a similar assault in the seaside town of Cambrils that left...