Police evacuate people after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain, Aug 17, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]
MADRID - A Hong Kong tourist was slightly injured in the terrorist attack on Thursday afternoon in Barcelona, said the Consulate General of China in Barcelona.
Except this case of injury, no other Chinese citizens were reported to be the victims of the attack, the consulate said in a statement posted on its website late Thursday.
Some 13 people were killed and 80 injured after a van rammed into crowds along Las Ramblas, the famous street in the center of Barcelona on Thursday afternoon.
The consulate said that all Chinese citizens were advised not to approach the area where the attack happened and those who were close to the area should keep calm and follow police's instructions.
It also published the phone number through which Chinese citizens, if under any emergency, can get in touch with the consulate general. The number is 0034-688306666.
They could also seek help through the global emergency hotlines of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China: 0086-10-12308, or 0086-10-59913991.
4 terror suspects killed
At least four suspects have been killed in Cambrils, a town south of Barcelona, in an operation responding tothe terror attack in Barcelona in which 13 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured, the Spanish police said Friday.
The news came hours after police launched a manhunt for the driver of a van that mowed through crowds of tourists on one of Barcelona's busiest thoroughfares Thursday.
"We are working on the hypothesis that events in Cambrils respond to a terrorist attack. We have killed its alleged perpetrators," Catalan police wrote on Twitter.
Through social networks, Barcelona's police have asked residents in Cambrils and the adjacent region to stay at home to avoid danger.
"If you are in Cambrils avoid going out. Stay home, stay safe," the police tweeted.
