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A United States citizen has been identified as one of the 14 people who died in the Barcelona terror attacks.

Secretary of State Tillerson announced the tragic news during a press briefing on Friday morning but did not reveal the name of the individual.

US officials are still trying to confirm if there were any additional American victims.

Meanwhile, San Francisco construction worker on an anniversary trip with his wife and a British-born Australian boy accompanying his mother to a wedding are still missing after being separated from their loved ones during the attacks.

Jared Tucker, 43, was exploring the Las Ramblas area of the Spanish city with his wife Heidi Nunez on Thursday when a van gunned through the crowd at the popular tourist destination.

Nunez was pushed into a kiosk during the ensuing pandemonium and when she tried to go look for her husband she was ordered to evacuate the area by authorities as they tried to lock down the crime scene and prevent any additional carnage. 

The couple had been enjoying a two-week European vacation prior to the tragic events of Thursday in celebration of their one-year-anniversary.

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Tragic news: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced on Friday that one American had been killed in the Barcelona terror attacks during a State department address (above)

 Without a trace: A construction worker from San Francisco, Jared Tucker (above in photo taking an hour before the attack), also remains missing after being separated from his wife when a van plowed through Las Ramblas

Awful timing: Tucker and his wife Heidi Nunez were in Europe celebrating their one-year- anniversary at the time of the attacks (pair above at their wedding in August 2016) 

 Holding out hope: The family of Julian Cadman (above in a photo taken just hours before the attack) are also hoping to located the British-born Australian boy, 7, who was separated from his mother after she was injured

Aftermath: The terror attacks left over 100 injured and 14 dead from around the world as the suspects hit one of Barcelona's biggest tourist destinations  (Las Ramblas above)

Julian Cadman, 7,  was separated from his mother Jom when she was injured during the same attack and taken to a hospital, where she is in serious condition.  

His father, Andrew, is currently flying from Sydney to Spain to help in the search for his missing son without knowing whether the boy is dead or alive. 

Andrew said that he had spoken to the boy and his mother just a few hours before the deadly van attack that separated the pair.

Cadman's family members are now urging anyone with information to get in touch with them, having launched a massive social media campaign in hopes of finding the boy. 

Authorities released the names of the first set of victims in the attack on Friday morning.

Belgian mother-of-two Elke Vanbockrijck, 44, Spanish citizen Fransisco Lopez Rodriguez, 57, and Bruno Gulotta and Luca Russo who are both from Italy were the first four victims to be identified on Friday, and the fifth was later revealed to the unnamed American.

A three-year-old Spanish boy from Llimiana was also allegedly killed in the attack according to the town's mayor, but authorities had not confirmed that report as of early Friday.

Gulotta, a 35-year-old marketing manager for the website Tom's Hardware, was walking through Las Ramblas while holding the hand of his five-year-old son Alexander at the time of the attack on Thursday evening reports La Repubblica.

When he saw the van racing towards his family he tossed his son out of the terrorist-driven vehicle's trajectory while his partner Martina shielded their daughter who she was holding on her chest.

All three were then forced to witness the aftermath of the fatal spree and, which left Gulotta profusely bleeding with his legs splayed out on the pavement.

The family, who hails from the Milanese town of Legnano, was vacationing in Spain at the time of the attacks, like so many of the other victims.

Back home, Legnano Mayor Giambattista Fratus said that the entire city is 'mourning' the loss of Gulotta.

The Italian Foreign Ministry also announced on Friday Luca Russo, 25, was killed on Thursday, while visiting Spain with his fiancee Marta Scomazzon.

Scomazzon was also injured in the attack and is currently recuperating after fracturing her foot and elbow when she attempted to get out of the path of the oncoming van according to La Repubblica.

The couple were volunteers at the local Green Cross and flags have been lowered in the couple's hometown of Bassano del Grappa, where a candlelight vigil is also being planned to honor the young engineer.

Russo was also remembered by his local mayor, with Riccardo Poletto saying on Friday that while he did not know the boy personally everyone spoke about what an exceptional young man he was and how motivated he was to do good.

Final moments: Bruno Gulotta, a 35-year-old marketing manager from Italy, was killed while protecting his son, 5, and died in front of his partner Martina (above) and their infant daughter

 Horrible end: Luca Russo (right)was killed on Thursday, while visiting Spain with his fiancee Marta Scomazzon(left), who suffered a fractured foot and  elbow in the attack

Parents: Victims Elke Vanbockrijck, from Belgium (left|), and Gulotta (right) were both on vacation with their children when they were killed 

DOA: Fransisco Lopez Rodriguez (above with his wife) was killed immediately after being hit by the van on Thursday night according to a family member. 

Belgian authorities named Elke Vanbockrijck, from Tongeren, as the third victim in the attack.

She was also on vacation with her when she was killed on Thursday, having decided to visit the city with her police officer husband and their two sons.

Her husband and children, 10 and 14, did not sustain any injuries during the incident.

Vanbockrijck was remembered by the staff of the local football club, where she was frequently seen with her sons.

'We deplore the death of Elke, the mother of two players from KFC Heur Tongeren. She was often at the club, and was committed to our club,' wrote KFC Heur Tongeren on Facebook.

'We will always remember her as a happy woman, a caring mother and loving wife. Elke will be missed.' 

The over 100 injured and 14 dead came from 34 countries according to authorities, who also revealed that several children were among those killed in the attack.

Fransisco Lopez Rodriguez was killed immediately after being hit by the van on Thursday night according to a family member.

The Catalonia resident was walking with his wife, their young son and  a neice when the vehicle came at the group travelling as fast as 60mph while tearing through the crowd.

His family hoped he might just be in a hospital when he want missing on Thursday after the attack, but a family member posted the sad news on Twitter that evening.

'He died instantly, on impact. We just received the news, I can not go on,' wrote the individual.

Spanish officials have said the dead and injured from the attack, in which a jihadi drove a van through crowds of people at 60mph, span 24 different countries

Police believe the terror cell lived in the resort town of Alcanar, 120 miles south of Barcelona, where a house-cum-bomb factory packed with gas canisters was destroyed in an explosion on Wednesday

ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attacks, which are strikingly similar to attacks in London, Berlin, Stockholm and Nice. 

Police are also now on the hunt for Europe's most wanted man Moussa Oukabir, the 18-year-old Moroccan-born teenager believed to have been the driver.

His brother's ID was used to rent up to three vans, including the one in the attack, but he has since handed himself into police and denied any involvement 

Police are today hunting for Europe's most wanted man Moussa Oukabir, an 18-year-old Moroccan-born teenager believed to have been the driver in Las Ramblas attack

Oukabir fled on foot, but it is unclear if he joined the Cambrils attack which police are now linking to the one in Las Ramblas.

Police believe the terror cell lived in the resort town of Alcanar, 120 miles south of Barcelona, where a house-cum-bomb factory packed with gas canisters was destroyed in an explosion on Wednesday killing one man and injuring another. 

Catalonia's interior minister, Joaquim Forn, tells Onda Cero radio that the suspects in Cambrils were driving in an Audi 3 and began plowing down people near the boardwalk.

A police car was damaged and an officer was among the six people injured in the second attack.

Forn says the suspects killed in a subsequent shootout with police were wearing fake bomb belts. He says the belts were very well made, and that authorities only determined they were phony after a controlled explosion.

Seven people including a policeman were injured in Cambrils on the Costa Dorada where the Jihadis' Audi A3 car overturned after ploughing through crowds on the seafront.

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The terrorists bailed out clutching knives and were seen smiling and shouting taunts at police who shot them dead in the street at around 1am. 

Tourists ran for their lives and hid on the beach or in seafront bars as gunshots rang out around them and holidaymaker Fitzroy Davies, from Wolverhampton, described how police gunned down one of the Cambrils attackers but he got up again and started 'ranting and raving'.

He said: 'He must have been on drugs. He was taunting, smiling, laughing and he carried on walking to the police, and then they gave it to him again, a couple more shots and then he fell to the ground'.