Australian caught up in Barcelona, Paris, and London attacks
An Australian woman who fled in fear from the Barcelona attack has told how she was also caught up in the Paris and London terror incidents during her European travels.
Julia Monaco, was in a shopping mall when a van attack killed at least 14 and injured more than 100 on Thursday afternoon in the popular tourist district, Las Ramblas.
Ms Monaco, from Melbourne, said she was also in London and Paris this year when terrorists struck, but would not let it stop her travelling.
“I don’t feel like I want to go home,’ the 26-year-old told 3AW. “I feel like I want to stay here and not let them – whoever they may be – win.
"I’m going to see what I came here to see."
Ms Monaco was shopping with two friends close to Las Ramblas when the latest attack occurred.
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The group was in a store in nearby Placa de Catalyuna when they saw people outside running for their lives.
But she is not stranger to such terror.
In June, she was put in lockdown on the London Underground as terrorists attacked Borough Market.
Incredibly, just three days later. she was in Notre Dame in Paris when a police officer was attacked by a hammer-wielding assailant.
“‘You just have to keep going. I’m sure though tomorrow morning my mum will say ‘come home’, but I don’t think I’ve been scared out of travelling,” she said.
At least 14 people have died in the attack in Barcelona, police said on Friday with 100 people injured.
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A further eight people were killed in the attack in London.
