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Death toll from Spain attacks rises to 16

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The death toll from the terrorist attacks in Spain has risen to 16, Spanish authorities have said.

This comes after one of those who had been hospitalized with injuries passed on.

“This morning a 51-year-old German woman died after being treated in a critical condition in hospital,” a Spanish civil defence agency stated.

It is not yet clear which of the twin terrorist attacks the woman was involved in.

Scores were injured in the first attack on 17 August when a van plunged into a crowd of people on the famous tourist boulevard of Las Ramblas.

Just hours later there was a similar attack in the seaside resort of Cambrils, about 70 miles southwest of Barcelona.

Spanish authorities are continuing to investigate the attacks, which injured 120 people. Six remain in a critical condition and five others have serious injuries.

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