Four children among French nationals seriously injured in Barcelona attack - French FM

Record ID: 906858

  • Title: Four children among French nationals seriously injured in Barcelona attack - French FM
  • Date: 18th August 2017
  • Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (AUGUST 18, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN ARRIVING AT THE GENERAL CONSULATE OF FRANCE SIGN ON WALL READING (French) "FREEDOM. EQUALITY. FRATERNITY. FRENCH REPUBLIC" LE DRIAN ARRIVING AT NEWS BRIEFING REPORTER LOOKING AT HER MOBILE PHONE (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER, JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN, SAYING: "In this particular moment, 28 French have been injured during this event. 18 are hospitalized, and eight of those are in serious condition, and four children are among them. I say this cautiously, since the identification process by Spanish authorities is still underway. But everything leads us to believe that this figure will be definitive and that there are no French dead, even if there are indeed eight seriously injured victims hospitalised at this point." PLAQUES ON WALL (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER, JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN, SAYING: "Spain presented a powerful image today with the gathering in Catalonia Square. An image of unity, beyond the unity of a country, they presented an image of the unity expected from Europe in the fight against terrorism. A will of relentlessness to defend the resilience of democracy." LE DRIAN, REPORTERS DURING NEWS BRIEFING LE DRIAN LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 1st September 2017 18:24
  • Keywords: Spain Barcelona attack victims French citizens French foreign minister Le Drian Las Ramblas
  • Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016UOQVYF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Eight people, including four children, are in serious condition among 28 French citizens injured in the attack in Barcelona, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday (August 18).
    Le Drian, who was speaking in the Catalan capital after visiting some of the injured, said the total was still preliminary as local authorities had yet to identify all the victims of Thursday's (August 17) attack.
    Spain on Friday mounted a sweeping anti-terror operation after a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds in Barcelona's tourist hotspot Las Ramblas, killing 13 people before fleeing, in what police suspect was one of multiple planned attacks.
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