Toll in Spain attacks up to 16, as German woman dies

Over 120 people wounded; 24 remain hospitalized, five in critical condition

August 27, 2017 05:07 pm | Updated December 03, 2021 12:26 pm IST - MADRID:

Spain’s King Felipe (centre), Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (left) and Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont (right) take part in a march of unity on August 26, 2017 after the attacks in Barcelona last week.

Spain’s King Felipe (centre), Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (left) and Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont (right) take part in a march of unity on August 26, 2017 after the attacks in Barcelona last week.

Health authorities in Catalonia say a 51-year-old German woman has died from injuries suffered in the August 17 attack in Barcelona, raising the death toll in attacks there and the nearby coastal town of Cambrils to 16.

The woman died on Sunday in the intensive care unit of Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar, according to the regional health department.

With that, authorities are raising to 14 the death toll in the van attack in Barcelona’s popular Las Ramblas boulevard. Another man was stabbed to death in a carjacking as the van driver made his getaway, and a woman died in an August 18 attack in Cambrils.

More than 120 people were wounded. Authorities say 24 remain hospitalized, five in critical condition.

Mega condemnation march

Some 5,00,000 people marched Saturday in Barcelona to condemn the attacks.

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