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People from over 30 countries injured or killed in Barcelona terror attack Spain attacks: Italian man died in front of wife and children in Las Ramblas
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Citizens from more than 30 countries have been injured or killed in the van attack in Las Ramblas, Barcelona, and the coastal town of Cambrils, according to Catalan authorities. An Italian man was holding the hand of his five-year-old son moments before he was killed in the terror attack on Las Ramblas, it has emerged.
By Friday morning, 14 people were confirmed dead and more than 100 injured. They come from at least 34 countries including France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Venezuela, Australia, Ireland, Peru, Algeria and China. Bruno Gulotta, 35, was named on Friday as one of 13 people who died when a van ploughed into crowds on the boulevard in Barcelona. Another person injured in a separate attack in the Catalan seaside town of Cambrils was also confirmed dead on Friday morning.
One of the first victims to be named was an Italian man, Bruno Gulotta, who was on holiday with his wife and two children, according to his colleagues at the online tech publication Tom’s Hardware. The company’s Facebook page said the staff were in mourning. Gulotta died on the street in front of his five-year-old son Alessandro and wife Martina, Italian media reported.
Pino Bruno, the head of the company, was quoted by the Italian news agency Ansa as saying Gulotta’s wife had told him the family were walking down Las Ramblas when the van appeared and Gulotta knelt down to successfully shield their son, six, and daughter, seven months. Martina, who was carrying their one-year-old Aria in a sling-style baby carrier, told friends that she had pulled Alessandro to safety at the last moment.
Another victim was a 44-year-old Belgian woman, Elke Vanbockrijck. She was reported to have been in the city on holiday with her husband and two sons, aged 11 and 14. The family, from Legnano, near Milan, were on holiday in the Catalan city.
Patrick Dewael, the mayor of Tongeren, where the family lived, sent his condolences and told Belgian radio that he had presided over the couple’s wedding in 2014. Gulotta worked in sales and marketing for computer company Tom’s Hardware. The company said his violent death had left his wife facing “trials no-one should have to bear”.
According to El País, three Spanish citizens were killed, including Franciso López Rodríguez, 60, originally from Granada. He had been walking along Las Ramblas with his wife at the time of the attack. A Portuguese woman, aged 73 or 74, was also killed, the country’s main news agency reported. “We put ourselves in the shoes of little Alessandro, who is about to start elementary school knowing his and his family’s life will never be the same again. And we think of baby Aria ... who will never know her Dad,” his colleagues said in a statement.
The family of a seven-year-old Australian boy, who became separated from his mother during the attack, have said he is still missing. An emergency services spokesman said 130 people were injured in the two attacks, 17 of whom are in a critical condition with another 30 in a serious condition.
Tony Cadman, of Sydney, posted on Facebook that his grandson Julian Cadman was missing and Julian’s mother, Jom, was in a serious but stable condition in hospital. The nationalities of the dead and injured testify to Barcelona’s popularity as a global tourist destination. The came from at least 34 different countries, including Australia, Britain, Belgium, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Honduras, Morocco, Pakistan and the United States, according to Catalan authorities.
The death toll rose to 14 on Friday, after a woman injured in the Cambrils attack died of her injuries, Catalonia’s civil protection agency confirmed. The woman, who has not been named, is the first fatal victim of the attack in Cambrils, where a van was driven into pedestrians in the early hours of Friday, in a copy of the earlier atrocity. Another Italian, 25-year-old Luca Russo, died on Las Ramblas. Russo, from Marostica, a town in the northern Veneto region, graduated last year in engineering and had just started his first job.
The youngest victim of the attacks was thought to be a three-year-old girl, Spanish media reported. She died shortly after being taken to hospital. A six-year-old girl of unknown nationality was taken to hospital with a cerebral haemorrhage, an official at Vall d’Hebron University hospital told the New York Times. He was on holiday with his girlfriend, Marta Scomazzon, who is among three injured Italians, having suffered fractures in the attack.
The British Foreign Office said it had received no confirmed reports of British citizens injured or killed so far. A spokesperson said it was “assisting a small number of British people affected”. Scomazzon, whose parents have travelled to Barcelona to be with her, told the Italian news agency Ansa: “We were walking together and then the van hit us.
Chris Pawley, 30, a survivor of the Manchester Arena bombing who was in the area when the attack occurred, told the Manchester Evening News he couldn’t believe he had been caught up in a second terrorism incident in under six months. He had just left the Ariana Grande concert in May when the bomb exploded. “I fell and realised that Luca wasn’t there anymore, I didn’t see him again, his body was swept away.”
Pawley said of Thursday’s attack: “There was police everywhere and ambulances, the shops started putting the shutters down. We have just come back to the hotel, as we were caught up in the arena attack – can’t believe it.” Russo’s sister Chiara posted images on Facebook of her smiling brother, alongside those of his body lying on the ground in Barcelona.
France has confirmed that 26 of its citizens were injured, with 11 in a serious condition. “Help to bring him home,” I beg you, she wrote.
According to the German foreign ministry, 13 nationals were among those injured. Some of them were injured seriously and were still fighting for their lives, the spokesperson Martin Schäfer said.He could neither confirm nor rule out earlier reports that three German citizens were among those killed.German media is reporting that a group of three teenage girls from Oberhausen in North-Rhine Westphalia were among those injured in the attack. The two 17-year-olds and one 14-year-old had been on a daytrip to Barcelona. “Italy will remember Bruno Gulotta and Luca Russo and expresses its solidarity with their families,” Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said in a tweet. “Freedom will triumph over barbarism and terrorism.”
The Netherlands said three Dutch nationals had been injured, and a Greek diplomat reported three of its nationals had been wounded: a woman and her two children. China said two people from Taiwan were being treated for severe injuries, and confirmed that a person from Hong Kong had minor injuries. The US state department said it knew of one American with minor injuries. Also among the dead was Elke Vanbockrijck, a 44-year-old Belgian on holiday with her husband and two sons.
Vanbockrijck regularly ferried her sons, aged 10 and 14, to football practice at KFC Heur Tongeren. A statement from the club said: “She was often at the club, and was committed to our club. We will always remember her as a happy woman, a caring mother and loving wife. Elke will be missed.”
The first named Spanish victim was Franciso López Rodríguez, 60, originally from Granada. He had been walking along Las Ramblas with his wife, who is believed to be seriously injured. Three Spanish citizens have been killed, according to El País.
The youngest victim of the attacks was thought to be a three-year-old girl, who died shortly after being taken to hospital. A six-year-old girl was taken to hospital with a cerebral haemorrhage, an official at Vall d’Hebron University hospital told the New York Times. Her nationality was not known.
Others are searching frantically for loved ones. Seven-year-old Julian Alessandro Cadman, a British-Australian dual national, is missing after he became separated from his mother, Jom, during the chaos. Tony Cadman said Jom, his daughter-in-law, was in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
The family is appealing for information on Facebook: “Missing in Barcelona,” reads a Facebook message posted by Tony Cadman, asking users to share a picture of Julian, who is pictured smiling and wearing a green jumper with the name of his nursery.
Heidi Nunes, from California, has not seen her husband since Thursday afternoon when they became separated on Las Ramblas. Jared Tucker, 42, from Walnut Creek, California, left his wife for a moment, shortly before the attack started. The couple, on a grand tour of Europe to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, had been enjoying drinks on a pavement cafe.
“Next thing I know there’s screaming yelling,” Nunes, 40, told NBC News. “I got pushed inside the souvenir kiosk and stayed there hiding while everybody kept running by screaming.”
The US state department said at least one American had been killed and one injured. It identified neither.
A Portuguese woman, aged 73 or 74, was also killed, the country’s main news agency reported.
France has confirmed that 26 of its citizens were injured, with 11 in a serious condition. Three Dutch nationals were also injured
The UK Foreign Office said it was assisting a “small number” of injured Britons,and a Greek diplomat reported three of its nationals had been wounded: a woman and her two children. China said two people from Taiwan were being treated for severe injuries, and confirmed that a person from Hong Kong had minor injuries.
Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said four Australians had been hurt – two women in a serious but stable condition, and two men who were “directly affected” and had gone back to their hotel to seek medical attention.Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said four Australians had been hurt – two women in a serious but stable condition, and two men who were “directly affected” and had gone back to their hotel to seek medical attention.
A 42-year-old man from California was missing after being separated from his wife in Las Ramblas, NBC news reported. Jared Tucker has not been seen since Thursday afternoon, shortly after he and his wife had a drink in a cafe. The couple had travelled to Europe to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Throughout the night on Thursday there were urgent appeals on social media for English, Italian and French translators to go to hospitals and clinics to help medical staff attending to dozens of non-Spanish speaking victims.
Throughout the night there were urgent appeals on social media for English, Italian and French translators to go to hospitals and clinics to help medical staff attending to dozens of non-Spanish speaking victims. A man originally from the Philippines and resident in Ireland, who was on holiday with his wife and two children, was hit on his side but his injuries were not life-threatening, Emmanuel Fernandez, the consul general of the Philippines embassy in Madrid, told the Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
Ireland confirmed it was helping a family of four caught up in the attack. A man originally from the Philippines and resident in Ireland, who was on holiday with his wife and two children, was hit on his side but his injuries were not life-threatening, Emmanuel Fernandez, the consul general of the Philippines embassy in Madrid, told the Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
Many countries have set up emergency helplines for their citizens caught up in the violence, and their relatives..