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The imam who was believed to be responsible for radicalizing jihadists in Barcelona got a career-ending surprise from the jihadists that he trained, and we can’t say that we’re disappointed.

Deutsche Welle reported that Abdelbaki Es Satty was missing and presumed dead after an explosion Wednesday night. Two people died in the blast that occurred in Alcanar, about two hours south of Barcelona, as the terror cell attempted to make a bomb in an apartment they used as a base, according to Deutsche Welle. Police suspect the cleric might have been one of the fatalities.

“They were preparing one or several attacks in Barcelona, and an explosion in Alcanar stopped this as they no longer had the material they needed to commit attacks of an even bigger scope,” police spokesman Josep Lluis Trapero said Friday, The Local reported.

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Satty’s roommate told Agence France-Presse that the last time he saw the cleric was Tuesday, when he said he was that he was going to see his wife in Morocco, reported Deutsche Welle.

The Local reported that the cleric had a bigger plan in mind for the Barcelona attack. He wanted to “inflict as much carnage as possible by driving vans packed with explosives into three of the city’s busiest tourist areas,” according to The Local.

The newspaper said police believed one of the targets was Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia (Church of the Holy Family), which is reportedly one of the most visited sites in Spain. Another target was Las Ramblas, a street mall popular with tourists.

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At Conservative Tribune, we’re not ones to celebrate death, but it seems rather fitting to see that this imam found himself on a career-ending fast track to Allah. Now he cannot radicalize more jihadists, which is good for the rest of us.

H/T The Daily Caller

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