(Eagle News) — The 7-year old Filipino boy who was initually reported missing last week was among the 14 killed in the attack in Barcelona, Spain the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
“According to Chargé d’Affaires Emmanuel Fernandez, the Philippine Embassy in Madrid was informed of the boy’s demise by his family after his father positively identified his remains,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement.
Based on Fernandez’s report, Cayetano said the mother “remains in the intensive care unit of a local hospital after undergoing surgery for fractures in both legs and one arm that she sustained in the incident” that saw a van plowing through a crowd in Las Ramblas.
The two who are based in Australia were in Barcelona to attend a relative’s wedding.
Aside from the boy’s mother, two other Filipinos based in Italy were injured.
Also injured were four Irish citizens of Filipino descent who are based in Ireland.
They were identified as Norman Potot, 45; his wife Pederlita, 39; daughter Nailah Pearl, 9; and son Nathaniel Paul, 5.
“Norman and Nathaniel remain confined at the Hospital Del Mar in Barcelona. The father suffered a minor head injury but remains under observation for hematoma of the kidney,” the DFA said.
It said the son had fractured his leg and was recovering from surgery.
The daughter, it said, also fractured her arm.
“Norman’s wife sustained minor bruises…,” the DFA added.
