BREAKING: Spanish police shoot and kill man wearing explosive vest

According to emerging reports, police, who were searching for Younes Abouyaaqoub, have shot and killed a man wearing a suicide belt in Subirats – a suburb of Barcelona.

Catalan police have this afternoon confirmed they have killed an individual who 'appeared to be wearing an explosives belt' outside the Spanish city.

Younes Abouyaaqoub, the subject of the initial search, is believed to be the individual responsible for killing 14 people and maiming dozens more after a van was driven through Las Ramblas in Barcelona last week.

Meanwhile, hundreds of members of the Muslim community have taken to the streets of Barcelona to protest the barbaric actions carried out in the name of their religion last week.

Clutching placards and making heart signs with their hands, individuals of the Muslim faith joiend together in solidarity with the victims of last week's radicals.

UPDATE: According to The Financial Times, local media are reporting that the individual shot and killed by police is, indeed, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub, however this has yet to be confirmed.