Barcelona attack victim stabbed in Ford Focus pictured

This is the first picture of the Spanish man thought to have been stabbed to death by a fugitive terrorist in Barcelona.

Pau Perez Villan, 35, was found dead from a stab wound in his white Ford Focus after the car was driven through a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the city.

Police fired ten times at the vehicle but the driver got away and is thought to have fled on foot.

The vehicle was found 30 minutes later in Sant Just Desvern, on the outskirts of the city, with Pau’s body inside. He died from a single stab wound to the chest.

Villan’s vehicle was found in Sant Just Desvern, pictured, on the outskirts of the city, with his body inside. He died from a single stab wound to the chest

A white van, pictured, drove into crowds of people who had gathered on Las Ramblas in Barcelona

Pau, an electrical engineering graduate, was originally from Barcelona but was living 35 miles away in the town of Vilafranca.

He worked at the nearby Bodegas Torres vineyard as a cellar technician, having previously studied electrical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

Pau lived with his girlfriend and played football for his local team.

After leaving university he travelled in Latin America and also worked as a volunteer in Haiti following the earthquake in 2010.

The rented van brought new terror to the streets of Europe when it was driven at speed down Las Ramblas in Barcelona, killing 13 including a three-year-old boy

Spanish police are pictured patrolling on Las Ramblas the day after the deadly van attack

The town hall in Vilafranca declared three days of mourning following his death.

Police have not officially confirmed a link between Pau’s death and the terror attack.

But they are investigating whether the driver of the van who killed 13 on the Ramblas went on to murder Pau as he fled.

Police told local media the driver of the Ford Focus was of north African origin.