London(June 08, 2017): Police searching for a French man who has been missing since the London Bridge attack say they have recovered a body from the River Thames.
The Metropolitan Police said the body was found downstream from the bridge. The force says formal identification has not yet taken place, but Xavier Thomas’ next of kin have been informed.
In a statement, police said the death toll in the vehicle and knife attack had risen to eight. Almost 50 were wounded.
Police said earlier that witness accounts suggested he might have been thrown into the river. His girlfriend was struck and seriously injured by the van.
French President Emmanuel Macron said a third French victim had been identified among those killed in the stabbing and van attacks in London, but he did not name the victim. He said eight other French citizens were injured in the attacks.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry also confirmed in a statement that Spaniard Ignacio Echeverria, who had been missing since Saturday, died in the weekend attack.
Spain had earlier questioned the time it was taking Britain to identify victims, saying the delay was causing misery to Mr Echeverria’s family.
Thirty-nine-year-old Echeverria, who lived in London, had last been seen jumping off his bike to help a woman who was being stabbed in the rampage by fighting off her attacker with a skateboard, according to his family.
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