Barcelona terror 13 people were killed: 3 Australians hurt in terror attack

A WOMAN from New South Wales is in hospital in a serious but stable condition and two young Melbourne men are believed to have been injured in the Barcelona terror attack.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said this morning: “I can report that one Australian woman, believed to be from New South Wales is in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

“Two young Australian men have advised us that they were directly affected, they have gone back to their hotel and will seek medical treatment in the morning.”

“I’m not sure if they have injured or they just need to see a medical professional.”

Ms Bishop said consular officials were seeking more information on the woman who was hospitalised.

“We know she is in a serious but stable condition. Our consular staff will be at the hospital as soon as possible.”

More than 13 people were killed – Ms Bishop put the toll at 16 – and more than 100 injured when a white van ploughed into crowds on Las Ramblas.

Witnesses have described horrific scenes and fearful crowds in the aftermath of the attack, which has been claimed by Islamic State.

Ms Bishop described it as an “atrocity”.

“The Australian government condemns this brutal and deliberate act clearly designed to harm tourists on holidays in Spain,” she said.

Meanwhile, an Australian tourist has told of the horror that unfolded moments after a van ploughed into crowds, killing at least 12 people in a terrorist attack.

Susan McLean was about 100m from the scene as the van zigzagged down one of the city’s busiest avenues, mowing down pedestrians and leaving bodies strewn across the ground.

“All of a sudden there was this tidal wave of people running from both Placa de Catalunya and Las Ramblas towards us screaming, crying and with absolute terror etched on their faces,” she told Nine Network on Friday.

“Initially we couldn’t hear anything other than all these people running towards us. Several of them were calling ’gun, gun’, so first of all we thought someone had been shot.

“Then they just kept sort of – it was all in Spanish. It was very difficult to understand but they were sort of pushing us into shops.”

Source: Barcelona terror: Three Australians hurt in terror attack | Perth Now