The wound is in a ‘critical but conscious’ condition. Two of the deceased were pharmacists with mother and daughter in Barcelona and Terrassa. Seven people have been arrested in connection with the attack.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said on Saturday that two Spanish tourists were unharmed in the attack in Afghanistan and he hopes they can leave the country for home on Sunday.
“There are two other people who were completely unharmed, two other Spanish citizens, and who will be able to leave the country as soon as possible, probably tomorrow,” he said in statements to Rac1 yesterday.
The minister reported this Spanish diplomats from the Pakistan and Qatar delegationsincluding the Spanish Ambassador to Afghanistan, who is in this second country, They will be traveling for the next few hours to Afghanistan to repatriate the bodies of the three Catalan tourists killed yesterday in an attack in this country, as well as of a woman, also Catalan, who is in a state of distress. “critical but aware” after an operation in Kabul, and two other travelers who were unharmed.
“The diplomats will stay there as long as necessary until the last Spaniard leaves Kabul, either for the repatriation of bodies or because the person operated on can travel,” the minister reported, referring to the injured person. He also reported that they have recommended that families not go there.
Afghanistan, a high-risk tourist destination that has been on the rise since the arrival of the Taliban
Albares explained that, according to the oral account of the survivors of the event, the attack took place in the bazaar area of Bamiyan town, when a man appeared in an alley and started shooting at the group of tourists that “they were in a vehicle” while visiting the city.
The foreign minister did not want to speculate on the exact circumstances of the incident, which has not yet been attributed to any group, but assumed that these types of incidents “affect European citizens.”
“As for the person who is injured, we are a little more in the hands of the doctors to know when this repatriation can take place and under what circumstances, but the goal is obviously very clear: that this happens. as quickly as possiblehe added.
Albares explained that the two Spanish tourists who remained unharmed are doing well and are preparing their return to Spain, which the Foreign Minister hopes will take place “as soon as possible”, either “in the next hours” or “tomorrow ( Sunday). later than”.
The Catalan Generalitat is working with the Spanish government on repatriation and providing psychological support to families.
The Spanish Embassy in Kabul has been closed since 2021
The Spanish Foreign Minister described what happened as an “atrocity” and recalled that “right now everywhere in Afghanistan there is this risk, just like the risk of kidnapping” and that is why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its travel warning and after the recapture of Kabul by the Taliban,advises against any form of travel to Afghanistan under any circumstances“.
Spain has closed its embassy in Kabul since August 2021, when the Taliban came to power.
As for the remaining victims of the attack, local sources told the Afghan news agency Aamaj that there are more three Afghans dead and two foreigners injured, an Australian and a Lithuanianalthough these countries have not confirmed these nationalities for the time being.
The Taliban, in turn, reported on Saturday arrest of seven suspects to join the attack. For now, No insurgent or terrorist organization has claimed responsibility. of this attack, although the jihadist group Islamic Statewhich has become the Taliban’s main rival since the withdrawal of international troops, has claimed responsibility for almost all attacks carried out since the Taliban came to power in August 2021.
The Public Prosecution Service of the National Court has opened a ‘pre-procedural investigation’ procedure for the murder of three Catalans
As the Public Prosecution Service of the National Court reports in a note: “Among the fatalities of the attack were a man and two women of Spanish nationality, RBR born in Girona, SVB born in Figueres (Girona) and ESV born in Barcelona “.
The last two are one mother and daughter, both pharmacists in Barcelona and Terrassa. They traveled to Afghanistan last Wednesday the 15th to take a few days of vacation, and yesterday, two days after arriving, they were killed in Bamiyan. SVB had a pharmacy in Barcelona’s Sants station and the daughter, 31, in the Les Arenes pharmacy in Terrasa.
The three fatalities belonged to a group of 13 tourists who arrived from Kabul the day before to visit one of the most important tourist centers of the Asian country until the arrival of the Taliban. Afghan media have indicated that nationals of Norway, Australia, Lithuania and Spain are among the injured.
The bodies of the three deceased have been transferred to the Ministry of Justice in Kabul.to organize the repatriation process, as reported by the Afghan authorities.
Source: EITB
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