At least 13 people have been killed and 120 people have been injured after two terror attacks in Spain's Catalonia region this week.
On Thursday, a van plowed into pedestrians
visiting Barcelona's iconic Las Ramblas, the city's busiest tourist
promenade. Early on Friday morning, five armed attackers drove a car
through a crowd of people in the town of Cambrils, 75 miles southwest of
Barcelona.
The
victims of the attacks hailed from at least 35 different nations,
according to authorities. Spain is one of the world's top three vacation
destinations, with Barcelona its most popular destination -- welcoming about 8 million international visitors a year.
Two Italians were the first among the dead to be named.
Bruno
Gulotta, 35, was on vacation in Barcelona with his partner Martina and
two children, 5-year-old Alessandro and daughter Aria, who is a few
months old.
Luca
Russo, a 25-year-old engineer was also killed in Barcelona, where he
was on holiday with his girlfriend Martha Scomazzon, who is among the
injured.
US Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson said in a tweet one American had been killed on Friday. He
has been identified as Jared Tucker, 43, of California.
A 74-year-old Portuguese woman has also been identified by the Portuguese government among the dead.
So far, France has suffered the most casualties, with 26 French nationals injured, 11 seriously.
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