Desperate families of those missing after the Spanish terror attacks searched for their loved ones on Friday as the death toll rose to 14 and an Italian father, a Belgian mother and a Spaniard were named as the first victims.
Seven-year-old Julian Cadman, who is reported to be from Britain, was listed among the missing by his cousin who posted an appeal online after the boy’s mother, Jom, turned up in a serious condition in hospital.
Heidi Nunes, from California, also appealed for information about her husband Jared Tucker, 43, after they got separated during the attack while out shopping.
Meanwhile Bruno Gulotta, a computer salesman from Legnano, in northern Italy, was named as being among the dead during the ISIS attack on Las Ramblas on Thursday as he walked along holding his five-year-old son’s hand.
Mr Gulotta’s wife, Martina, said he died kneeling down to shield their six-year-old son and seven-month-old daughter from the van, according to boss Pino Bruno, who claimed to have spoken with her.
Belgian authorities named 44-year-old Elke Vanbockrijck, from Tongeren, as among the dead, saying she was on holiday with her husband and sons at the time.
Spanish authorities said 60-year-old Francisco Lopez Rodriguez, who waspictured on Las Ramblas moments before the attack, died on the spot after being hit by ISIS terrorists. He was earlier reported as missing.
It came as the death toll from the attacks was raised to 14 after a woman who was critically injured the attack in Cambrils in the early hours of Friday passed away. Thirteen people died in the Barcelona attack.
Italian Bruno Gulotta, the father of two young children, was crushed to death on Las Ramblas in Barcelona on Thursday. Julian Cadman, seven, believed to be from Britain, is missing after the terror attack
Julian was pictured enjoying his holiday in Barcelona just hours before the attack took place. British authorities have confirmed ‘a small number of citizens’ were caught up in the attack, but would not say if they were among the injured or dead
Elke Vanbockrijck, 44, from Belgium, identified as being among the dead. Authorities said she was on holiday with her husband and sons when she was run down and killed
Spanish authorities say 60-year-old Francisco Lopez Rodriguez (pictured on Las Ramblas moments before the attack) died on the spot after being hit by ISIS terrorists. He was earlier reported as missing
Heidi Nunes, from California, said online that her husband Jared Tucker, 43, is missing after the pair got separated on Las Ramblas during the attack
Julian Cadman’s father has flown to Spain to assist in searches for his son. The man is from Sydney, though it is thought Julian was raised in the UK. The family have many relatives living in Britain, according to social media, and the boy was pictured wearing a jumper from a UK school.
Appeals for the missing came as two Spaniards, three Germans and one Belgian were identified among the dead, according to Spanish media.
The two Spainards were reported to be a man and boy who were related and came from the Rubí neighbourhood of Barcelona.
Meanwhile citizens from America, Australia, Ireland, France, Greece, Hong Kong and the Netherlands were confirmed among the more than 100 people injured.
The youngest victim is reported to be a three-year-old girl, though her nationality and the extent of her injuries is unclear.
Another six-year-old girl, also of unknown nationality, is in serious condition in hospital after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage, the New York Times reports.
Norman and Pederlita Putot, who were born in the Philippines but lived in Ireland, were named by RTE as among those caught up in the attack along with their two Irish-born children.
Their five-year-old son, who was not named, suffered a broken leg in the attack and is now in hospital along with his father, who suffered knee injuries.
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said: ‘It’s a miracle that more Irish people weren’t involved, given that there are so many Irish people in Spain, Barcelona and Cambrils at this time of year.
‘At the moment, you can safely say that over 300,000 Irish people are in Spain, today as we speak.
Moroccan-born Moussa Oukabir, 18, who lives in Barcelona, has been named as a suspect in the Las Ramblas attack after reportedly stealing his brother’s ID to rent the van and is still on the run
The van used to plough into crowds in Barcelona is towed away by police in the early hours of this morning with the driver still believed to be at large
There are harrowing scenes in Barcelona after a van was driven into pedestrians in Las Ramblas in the heart of the city. Thirteen people have been killed and more than 100 have been injured as armed police swarm the streets
In Barcelona, a hired van (pictured), registered to rental company Telefurgo, rammed into scores of holidaymakers and their children. The crumpled van is pictured as a body lies on the ground
‘This is not just an attack on Spain or on Barcelona, but it’s an attack on the way we live as European citizens in the free world.’
French authorities have confirmed the largest number of injuries so far, saying 26 of its citizens were among those hurt with 11 in serious condition.
Julie Bishop, Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, said two citizens were in critical condition following the attack, two more were injured, and a total of 16 Australians were caught up in the attack.
Belgium’s foreign affairs minister Didier Reynders confirmed one citizen had been killed and another two injured, including one in serious condition.
Meanwhile Greek authorities said three people had been injured, identifying them as a woman and her two children, though the extent of their injuries is unclear.
Chinese authorities said one person from Hong Kong was among those hurt, while the US also confirmed and American suffered minor injuries.
Three Dutch are also among the injured, though it is not known how badly.
Five Cubans were identified among the injured on Friday as the country’s embassy in Spain said four were hurt in Barcelona and a fifth received minor injuries in the Cambrils attack that wounded a total of seven people, including a police officer.
This is the overturned Audi A3 used by a gang of five jihadis in suicide belts who ploughed into crowds in the seaside town of Cambrils. The attack 70 miles from Barcelona came eight hours after 13 were killed in the Catalan city in a van attack
The killers, wearing faje explosive belts and clutching knives, bailed out of the shattered Audi and were seen smiling and shouting taunts at police shot them dead in the street at around 1am local time
Five terror suspects including this man were shot dead in the early hours of this morning after police in Cambrils responded to the latest terror attack in Spain
Police shot dead five jihadis wearing fake suicide vests after they drove a car into pedestrians in the city to Barcelona’s south, saying the two attacks were connected.
Meanwhile officers are still hunting for the driver of the van that rammed holidaymakers in Barcelona.
He is believed to be Moussa Oukabir, an 18-year-old Moroccan-born teenager, who rented the vehicle using documents under the name of Driss Oukabir, his brother.
Driss, 26, handed himself over to police yesterday after being named as a suspect, saying he was not involved.
Police are linking the two attacks and believe a terror cell with up to 12 members lived in the resort town of Alcanar, 120 miles south of Barcelona, where a house-cum-bomb factory packed with gas canisters was destroyed in an explosion on Wednesday killing one man and injuring another.
Three men including Driss have been arrested – a fourth suspect was gunned down in his car as he rammed officers at a roadblock in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona. Spanish media said he may have been the victim of a hijacking because he also had knife wounds.
The terror began in Barcelona yesterday and spread to Cambrils overnight and police believe the terror cell has a safe house in Alcanar and has links to Moroccan brothers from Ripoll
How the Barcelona attack unfolded: Map shows the route the terrorist took as he ploughed into scores of holidaymakers