
A vineyard owner has been praised by Spanish police after he ended the manhunt for Europe's most wanted man who crushed 13 people to death with a van in Barcelona.

The man, named only as Citizen X, led police to Younes Abouyaaquob in the town of Subirats on Monday evening after he spotted the fugitive terrorist driving across his land at high speed.

The man placed a call to police and within moments armed officers had swarmed the area, eventually cornering the 22-year-old Moroccan suspect along the edge of a field.

It was on this spot where Abouyaaquob was cut down in a hail of bullets as he yelled Allahu Akbar with what police believed to be a suicide vest strapped to his chest, though it later turned out to be a fake.

His dramatic death brought to an end the largest terror attack on Spanish soil in 13 years, after 11 men named as his co-conspirators were earlier killed or captured.

Target: Younes Abouyaaqoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan national who became Europe's most wanted man after ploughing a van into pedestrian's on Barcelona's Las Ramblas leaving 13 dead, has been shot and killed by police

This is the spot where the hunt for Europe's most wanted man came to an end in hail of gunfire on Monday

The 22-year-old terror suspect was cornered by police after a tipoff from a vineyard owner named only as Citizen X

Police have hailed Citizen X, who called authorities after he spotted a man who looked like Abouyaaquob driving at high speed across his land, before he was cornered in this spot

Major Josep Lluis Trapero, the chief of the Catalan Police, said two local police officers had earlier reported seeing a man looking like the suspect while they were in their patrol car.

At around the same time, a local woman called in saying she was certain that she had seen Abouyaaquob running into the Caves Ventura Soler vineyard close to an Amoco petrol station.

The woman claimed that her suspicions were raised as he was wearing heavy clothing including a long sleeved top on a hot afternoon.

Roser Ventura, whose father owns the vineyard, said he also alerted the regional Catalan police when he saw a car crossing their property at high speed at a time when they were closed to visitors.

She claimed that a man then approached the house but ran away when she shouted to him.

Journalists and locals have gathered on the footpath where terrorist Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot dead close to a vineyard near Saint Sadurni D'Anoia, Spain

Abouyaacoub had managed to escape police twice before being tracked to this vineyard where he was shot dead wearing what officers believed to be a suicide vest, though it later turned out to be fake

The terrorist's body was loaded into this funeral van before being driven away, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe's most wanted man four days after the Barcelona attack

It is not known what will become of Abouyaaquob's body after he was shot dead. Muslim culture typically demands a swift burial, though communities sometimes refuse to honour the remains of terrorists

Armed police were scrambled to the scene where they confronted Abouyaaquob, who died in a hail of bullets while shouting Allahu Akbar - God is greatest in Arabic

Bomb disposal experts work near the scene where Abouyaaquob was shot dead while wearing a suicide vest - though that device has been confirmed as a fake

Some locals told Mail Online that Abouyaaquob was actually spotted at a petrol station attempting to refill his car around 1km away from where he was shot dead, but was recognised

An ambulance is driven away from the vineyard where Abouyaaquob was shot dead by police who had been hunting him since the Las Ramblas attack on Thursday last week

Armed officers patrol a road near Subirats. Police were telling locals to stay inside amid fears Abouyaaquob had an accomplice who was still on the loose, but this information has been confirmed as false

Catalonian Police Mossos d'Esquadra work at the site where they have shot Abouyaaqoub dead on Monday evening

Anti-terrorism police officers leave the town of Subirats where they shot and killed Yousef Abouyaaqoub as he reportedly shouted Allahu Akbar at them

Vans belonging to Spain's anti-terrorism police leave the scene of the shooting amid a media scrum

Police, medics and journalists gather at a road adjoining the vineyard where Abouyaaquob was shot dead by armed officers

Ghanno Gaanimi, Abouyaaquob's mother (left), pleaded for her son to hand himself over to police on Saturday in Ripoll, the town where the majority of the attackers lived

A spokesman for Spain's anti-terror police tweeted on Monday night: 'Our gratitude to Citizen X for his decisive collaboration in the operation in Subirats. You are an important piece to fight terrorism.'

Abouyaacoub had been on the run since last Thursday when he escaped the scene of the Barcelona atrocity on foot before hi-jacking a car, stabbing its driver to death and ramming into a police blockade.

Somehow he escaped the blockade and went into hiding before today being spotted by the vineyard owner.

The owner's daughter told of how her father alerted police after they saw a car crossing their property at high speed even though the vineyard was closed off.

Roser Venura says police told them to immediately leave the Ventura Soler cava vineyard, located between the towns of Sadurni d'Anoia and Subirats. She says 'we heard a helicopter flying around and many police cars coming toward the gas station' near the property.

Elsewhere on Monday police confirmed that Abdelbaki Es Satty, the radical imam who masterminded the plot, was killed in an explosion at a suspected bomb-making factory in Alcanar before the Barcelona attack.

It was thought that an accomplice of Abouyaaquob could still have been on the run in Subirats after helping him to hide, but police now say he was acting alone.

That means that all men named as suspects in the attack are now accounted for, though police say they will not be closing their investigation yet.

The Caves Ventura Soler vineyard where terrorist Younes Abouyaaqoub was reportedly seen soon before he was shot dead on a footpath near Saint Sadurni D'Anoia, Spain

How the Spain terror attacks unfolded day-by-day, from the town of Ripoll where the plot was hatched, to the outskirts of Subirats, where van driver Younes Abouyaaquob was shot dead

Mossos d'Esquadra chief Josep Lluis Trapero confirms that Abouyaaquob has been shot and killed, and that radical imam Abdelbaki Es Satty died in the Alcanar explosion last week

Abouyaaqoub escaped from the scene of the Barcelona attack and evaded capture a second time after driving through a roadblock later the same day. He was eventually tracked to Subirats, where he was killed

Police say Abouyaaquob was the last member of the terror cell that attacked Barcelona and Cambrils to be on the loose

Armed police are keeping the town of Subirats under lockdown while they search for Abouyaaquob's potential accomplice

High risk: The man shot and killed wore a 'suicide vest' but police have yet to determine whether or not it is armed or is a fake

People have been told to avoid the town of Subirats, where police shot dead Younes Abouyaaquob on Monday afternoon

A man wearing an explosive belt has been shot in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Subirats, west of Barcelona (pictured)

Tennis coach Mark Dolcet, 25, added: 'Apparently he was wearing what looked like an explosives belt. He was in an older car which was black and may have been an Alfa Romeo.

'It is a worry that it happened around here. What if he was not alone and there are more terrorists around?

'There are a lot of questions to be answered like, 'Where did he get his car from?'

The Amoco petrol station was cordoned off by officers including some wearing balaclavas and carrying semi-automatic weapons.

Approaching journalists were ushered away by police and warned that other terrorists may be in the area.

Abouyaaquob is believed to have driven around 500m down a road from the petrol station before turning right into a country road leading into the wine growing area where he was shot dead.

Police blocked off the road at the roundabout, but later allowed camera crews to walk down to the scene.

Inter-city trains on a main railway line crossing a bridge over the road where he was shot were allowed to continue operating as normal.

On Monday authorities named Abouyaaquob as the man who drove the van that plowed down the city's famed Las Ramblas promenade, killing 13 pedestrians and injuring 120 others.

Another vehicle attack early Friday by other members of his extremist cell killed one person and wounded several others in the coastal town of Cambrils. That ended in a shootout with police, who killed five attackers.

Spanish authorities have now raised the death toll in the country's two vehicle attacks to 15, with some 50 people still being treated in hospital for their injuries.

The 15th victim was named as Pau Pérez, a driver found stabbed to death in his car in the town of Sant Just Desvern, outside of Barcelona.

Investigators say Abouyaaquob killed him, stole his vehicle, then used it to ram through a police roadblock before escaping into the countryside.

Police also said they have 'scientific evidence' that Abouyaaqoub drove the speeding van in Las Ramblas and also killed Perez on Thursday night, regional police chief Josep Lluis Trapero said Monday.

He said the suspect walked through Barcelona for about 90 minutes after the van attack - through the famed La Boqueria market and nearly to Barcelona University - before hijacking the car.

Perez was parking his car, a Ford Focus, in a lot between 6.10pm and 6.20pm Abouyaaqoub stabbed him before 6.32pm, put him in the car's rear seats and drove away, Trapero said.

THE FATE OF THE BARCELONA TERROR CELL The death of Abouyaacoub on Monday evening brings to an end the worst terror attack on Spanish soil in 13 years, as police say all 12 member of the cell which carried it out are either dead or arrested. Those men are: DEAD: Abdelbaki Es Satty - Thought to have masterminded the plot, he preached at a mosque in Ripoll where most of the attackers and suspects lived. Police confirmed on Monday that he was killed in an explosion in Alcanar on Wednesday DEAD: Younes Abouyaaqoub - Police say he was the man behind the wheel of the van that killed 13 on Las Ramblas. He was tracked to the town of Subirats on Monday before being shot dead DEAD: Moussa Oukabir - Shot dead in Cambrils on Friday morning after launching a gun and knife attack on pedestrians. He was initially named as the driver of the van in Barcelona Abdelbaki Es Satty (left), an extremist imam and likely plot mastermind, was killed in an explosion at a bomb factory in Alcanar on Wednesday. Younes Abouyaaquob (right) was shot dead by police on Monday Terrorists Moussa Oukabir, left, and Said Aalaa, right were shot dead by police in Cambrils DEAD: Said Aallaa - The 18-year-old was from the village of Ribes de Freser and shot dead in Cambrils DEAD: Mohamed Hychami - The 24-year-old lived in Ripoll and was shot dead by a police officer in Cambrils DEAD: Omar Hychami - Mohamed's brother, died alongside him in Cambrils. Their father believes they were radicalised by local imam Abdelbaki Es Satty DEAD: Houssaine Abouyaaqoub - From Ripoll and shot dead in Cambrils, he is the brother of the Barcelona van driver suspect DEAD: Youssef Aallaa - Spanish police say he was almost certainly killed in the blast in Alcanar Brothers Mohamed Hychami (left) and Omar Hychami (right) who were shot dead in Cambrils on Friday Houssaine Abouyaaqoub (left), Younes' brother, was shot dead in Cambrils. Youssef Aallaa died in the explosion in Alcanar The scene of the explosion in Alcanar, which was being used as a bomb-making factory by the terror cell ARRESTED: Mohamed Houli Chemlal - Pulled from the rubble of the house in Alcanar, he was wounded but not killed and is now in detention. He is believed to be the group's bomb-maker ARRESTED: Salah El Karib - The owner of an internet cafe in Ripoll, he was detained on Friday at his house in the town's north. His wife has protested his innocence ARRESTED: Mohamed Aalaa - Owner of the car used in the Cambrils attack. Also detained at his house in north Ripoll on Friday. He is the brother of dead Cambrils attacker Said ARRESTED: Driss Oubakir - The brother of dead Cambrils attacker Moussa. He handed himself over to police after it was revealed documents in his name were used to rent the van used in the Barcelona attack. He remains in detention and is being questioned Mohamed Houli Chemlal was injured in the Alcanar explosion before being dragged from the rubble and arrested. Sahel el Kaib, the owner of an internet cafe in the town of Ripoll, where most of the suspects came from, has also been arrested Mohamed Aallaa was detained after his car was used in the Cambrils attack. Driss Oukabir handed himself over to police after his identity documents were used to rent the van used in the Barcelona attack Advertisement

Muslim protesters took to the streets of Barcelona on Monday in order to denounce all terrorism following attacks by a cell of 12 men that left 15 people dead and around 130 wounded

Activists hold signs reading 'Muslims of Barcelona renounce terrorism'. Mosques in Seville and Grenada have been vandalised in the wake of the terror attacks last week

Abouyaaqoub is said to have driven the white van that killed 15 and wounding more than 100 in Las Ramblas last week (pictured, the aftermath)

Disturbing photos show fugitive Barcelona terrorist Younes Abouyaaqoub (pictured) fleeing the Las Ramblas carnage through the city's historic Boqueria market

Trapero said Perez was already dead when Abouyaaqoub then rammed the car through a police checkpoint minutes later and police opened fire on his car.

The suspect ran over a police officer as the car evaded the checkpoint. About 7 p.m., police found the car and Perez's body nearly 2 miles away from the checkpoint, near Sant Just Desvern, a town west of Barcelona, but Abouyaaqoub was nowhere to be found.

The Spanish newspaper El Pais published images Monday of what it says is Abouyaaqoub making a getaway on foot after the van attack. The three images show a slim man wearing sunglasses walking through the La Boqueria market.

Abouyaaqoub escaped and has not returned to his home in Ripoll, said Trapero.

The oldest son of immigrant parents, Younes was born in Mrirt, a remote village in the mountains between Fez and Marrakesh.

His father Omar had got a job in Ripoll in the timber industry and aged four Younes traveled with his mother Ghanno Gaanimi and younger brother Houssa to Spain, taking the ferry across the Straits of Gibraltar for the first time in 1999.

A police officer is hugged by members of the public who broke into spontaneous applause over their handling of the attacks

A heart-shaped balloon at a memorial site at Las Ramblas, where a van mowed down pedestrians Thursday, killing 13 people and injuring some 120

Unity: The Muslim community demonstrates against terrorism in Barcelona on Sunday

Walk to remember: Police patrol Las Ramblas, where a van mowed down pedestrians Thursday,

The Abouyaaquob brothers enrolled at a local school where their Moroccan background and lack of Spanish was not unusual among the 1,000-strong immigrant community.

Younes is described as 'normal' by his peer group in Ripoll – from both Spanish and Moroccan families.

A family friend told MailOnline: 'Younes was just a normal young man, like the others who have been caught up in this mess.'

A teenage neighbour added: 'Younes was a nice guy. A bit shy, but a nice guy. God knows what happened to him for him to have done what he did?'

Strong and athletic, Younes even won trophies for running and climbing.

He got a job at a local factory after school, gaining diplomas in health and safety at work and became a qualified fork lift truck driver.

However over the past year he became increasingly obsessed with Islam, praying more frequently and reading up about the prophet Mohammed.

His relatives claim he was brainwashed.