Two of the three Spaniards murdered on Friday in the Afghan city of Bamiyan are Susana Vilar, born in Figueres (Girona), and her daughter, Elena Schröder, about 30 years old and born in Barcelona, ??as knowledgeable sources have informed La Vanguardia. The third deceased is a man, who goes by the acronym R.B.R., also born in Girona.
Mother and daughter, both pharmacists, traveled to the country on Wednesday the 15th and planned to return to Spain on May 25. Colleagues of the deceased learned the news this Saturday and have not yet been able to speak with the relatives. The mother worked in a pharmacy in Barcelona and the daughter in one in Terrassa.
The Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court has opened “pre-procedural investigation” proceedings for his murder, in order to determine the facts that “can be considered a crime of terrorism.” The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court has specified in a note that “among the fatal victims of the attack were a man and two women of Spanish nationality, R.B.R. born in Girona, S.V.B. born in Figueres and E.S.V. “born in Barcelona.”
In addition to these three victims, there is a fourth person, also Catalan, who was injured when a person opened fire on the group of tourists in a market. Three other citizens of Afghan nationality also died in the attack. Among the injured, Afghan media have indicated that there are also citizens of Norway, Australia and Lithuania.
The lifeless bodies of the three Spanish tourists have been transferred to the Ministry of Justice, located in Kabul, to organize the repatriation process, the Taliban reported this Saturday.
“The bodies have been handed over to the Ministry of Justice to plan and organize the remaining process,” the director of Information and Culture of Bamiyan, Safiullah Rayed, told EFE.
The three Spanish citizens died yesterday when they were attacked around 6pm in the Bamiyan market area by a man who appeared in an alley and began shooting indiscriminately at them, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, explained this Saturday. in an interview with radio station RAC1 citing the oral account of the survivors.
The fourth Spanish citizen, also Catalan, is in serious condition after having undergone surgery, according to Albares, although some sources suggest that she could be in critical condition.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is transferring several diplomats from Pakistan and Qatar to Kabul, including the Spanish ambassador to Afghanistan, who is in this second country since Spain evacuated its citizens after the Taliban came to power in the Asian country. .
The six Spaniards were part of an expedition of 13 foreign tourists, according to Rayed, who were visiting the city of Bamiyan, a popular tourist center in Afghanistan until the Taliban came to power.
At the moment, no insurgent or terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for this attack, although the jihadist group Islamic State, which has become the main rival of the Taliban since the withdrawal of international troops, has claimed responsibility for almost all of the attacks. attacks committed since the Taliban took power in August 2021.
Afghanistan received visits from about 5,000 foreigners last year, the Taliban reported in March, promising to facilitate the arrival of tourists despite the lack of recognition by the international community of their de facto government.
