THIS is the exact spot where Barcelona terrorist Younes Abouyaaqoub was killed by cops as the incredible story emerged of a hero dubbed "Citizen X" who helped bring him to justice.

Cops suspect the 22-year-old was the driver of the van that killed 13 people on tourist hotspot Las Ramblas.

25 The spot where police shot and killed Younes Abouyaaqoub by a road near Subirats, a small town 28 miles west of Barcelona Credit: AP:Associated Press

25 The daughter of a vineyard owner between Sadurni d'Anoia and Subirat called police when they spotted a suspicious motorist on their land

25 The terrorist's dead body was understood to have been taken away in this funeral van Credit: AFP

25 The body of Abouyaaquob is taken away from the site after his four days on the run ended when he was shot dead yesterday Credit: AP

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25 At least 15 people were killed after vehicles crashed into pedestrians on the Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona and on a promenade in the coastal city of Cambrils. It is believed Younes Abouyaaqoub drove one of them Credit: EPA

Officers confirmed that a man wearing a suicide belt had been shot by police - who they later confirmed to be Abouyaaqoub - but the device was fake.

The shooting took place in Subirats, a town about an hour's drive west from Barcelona.

It has emerged the net closed in on the world's most wanted fugitive when the daughter of a Catalan vineyard owner alerted police after her father saw a car driver crossing their property at high speed even though it was closed.

Roser Ventura, whose dad owns a vineyard between the towns of Sadurni d'Anoia and Subirats, said: "The police told us to leave the premises and go home.

"We heard a helicopter flying around and many police cars coming toward the gas station that is some 600 metres from the property."

25 Anti terror police have thanked for the vineyard owner, Citizen X, for his role in the arrest Credit: AP:Associated Press

25 Hundreds of police officers descended on the small town of Subirats in Spain Credit: AP:Associated Press

25 CCTV captured Younes Abouyaaqoub, the main suspect wanted in connection with the Barcelona terror attack Credit: Kevin Dunnett

25 Police have confirmed the man shot near Barcelona is fugitive Younes Abouyaaquoub Credit: EPA

We confirm that the man shot down in #subirats is Younes Abouyaaqoub, author of the terrorist attack in #barcelona — Mossos (@mossos) August 21, 2017

According to the head of the Catalan police, two officers found him hiding in the vineyard and asked for his identification.

He was shot to death when he opened his shirt to reveal what looked to be explosives and cried out "Allah is great" in Arabic, regional police chief Josep Luis Trapero said.

Abouyaaqoub had been on the run for four days after the terror attack before he was spotted outside a train station about 33 miles west of Barcelona yesterday afternoon.

Cops have now praised the vineyard owner who has been dubbed "Citizen X".

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 played an important part in the fight against terrorism."

25 Armed police officers stand guard near the scene of the shooting in Subirats Credit: AP:Associated Press

25 Policemen and medical staff at the scene where it is believed Moroccan suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot Credit: AFP

Bomb disposal officers found the suspected explosive device was fake using a robot.

Cops have also confirmed a Moroccan imam - believed to have radicalised youths who committed Spain's terror attacks - was also confirmed dead.

Abdelbaki Es Satty is thought to have died an accidental explosion at the suspects' bomb factory, police said.

Asked whether he had died in the blast yesterday that precipitated the attacks, Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero said: "It is confirmed," adding "the remains of the imam were there", in the house in Alcanar that exploded.

25 Police officers at the site where they shot Younes Abouyaaqoub Credit: Reuters

25 Members of TEDAX-NRBQ (Technician Specialist in Deactivation of Explosive Artifacts) at the scene Credit: AFP

25 Spanish policemen control the road to the site where Moroccan suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot today Credit: AFP

25 Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, was being hunted after a group of fanatics massacred 14 people and injured 130 Credit: EL PAIS / REUTERS

25 Police were scrambling to find Abouyaaqoub, whose documents were reportedly found in a second rented van Credit: EL PAIS / REUTERS

Local media said police managed to find and shoot him on a road near a sewage treatment plant.

Yesterday chilling CCTV images emerged of the Las Ramblas massacre driver calmly fleeing the scene on foot after killing 13 and injuring more than 100 others.

Abouyaaqoub abandoned the van he had ploughed into pedestrians after the airbag was triggered, La Vanguardia reported.

25 Chilling CCTV stills show the killer walking calmly from the scene of the massacre Credit: EL PAIS / REUTERS

25 Younes Abouyaaqoub was being hunted by police

The airbag's detonation reportedly immobilised the Renault Kangoo's electrical system, forcing him to end his massacre and flee.

Police revealed today that he walked around Barcelona for about 90 minutes after the van attack before hijacking a Ford Focus, stabbing its owner, Pau Perez, and driving away with his body still inside.

Cops believe the attacker took the car about 90 minutes after the attack and rammed into officials at a police checkpoint before abandoning it with its owner's dead body inside.

The 15th victim of last week's atrocities in Spain was killed in a separate attack by suspected Islamist militants hours later in a seaside resort in Cambrils.

Victims included seven-year-old British boy Julian Cadman who has been described as an “energetic, funny and cheeky” boy.

Cops launched a Europe-wide hunt for Abouyaaqoub and issued CCTV images in the hope of tracking him down.