London attack: Spanish 'skateboard hero' Echeverría missing
A Madrid man is missing in London
after he used his skateboard against one of the jihadists, who was
stabbing a woman, Spanish media report.
Ignacio Echeverría, 39, saw the attack unfolding at London Bridge on Saturday night, and rushed to help the woman.
Friends with him at the time told his family what had happened.
Reports
say Mr Echeverría is not listed among the dead. His sister has gone to
London hospitals, but there is no news of him being among the injured.
In a message on Facebook his father Joaquín Echeverría urged members of the public to help find his son, posting details of Ignacio.
At least one other Spaniard is in a London hospital, lightly injured after the terror attack at London Bridge.
Reports
say Ignacio Echeverría came upon the scene at London Bridge while
cycling back from a park with two friends, with whom he had been
skateboarding.
In a Facebook post, his father said "They saw him
lying on the floor on the sidewalk after defending someone with his
skateboard".
Apparently Ignacio did not have ID on him at the
time. The Spanish embassy and HSBC Bank, his employer in London, are
helping to search for him.
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On Saturday night three men rammed their van into pedestrians on
London Bridge, then went on a stabbing rampage at nearby bars and
restaurants, before police shot them dead.
They killed seven and wounded dozens more, of whom 21 are now critically ill in hospital.
The
attack has been claimed by so-called Islamic State. At least one of the
killers had shouted "this is for Allah!" during the attack, witnesses
said.
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