Ignacio Echeverria, a 39-year-old banker, is confirmed dead following the attack (Picture: Isabel Echeverria/AP)

A Spanish banker who died in the London Bridge attack died fighting with a terrorist to protect an injured woman.

The family of Ignacio Echeverria have confirmed he was killed in the atrocity after trying to fend off a terrorist with his skateboard and to protect a wounded woman.

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Relatives were told of the 39-year-old’s death by Spanish ambassador Carlos Bastarreche, after the family flew in to London on Tuesday according to Spanish media.

Mr Echeverria was reported missing following the van attack in the capital. He was last seen in the area of Borough Market defending a woman by using his skateboard as a weapon.


A man attaches an England flag above a floral tribute commemorating the victims in Saturday’s attack, as people cross London Bridge (Picture: AP)

His father, Joaquin Echeverria, said British authorities had not shared any information with them.

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However, his son’s employer, HSBC, had provided the services of a private detective to help with their search.



On Wednesday, journalist and relative Isabel Duran wrote on Twitter: ‘Ignacio Echeverria attacked the terrorists to try to save a woman.

‘He is in heaven with his inseparable skateboard.’

She later tweeted that his death was not official.

A heart shaped balloon is placed between flowers at London Bridge, to commemorate the victims of Saturday’s attack in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 (Picture: AP)

The young nanny was killed in the bridge attack (Picture: Facebook/Sara Zelenak )

The death toll from the London Bridge terror attack has risen to eight after police searching for a French man missing since Saturday recovered a body from the River Thames.

Australian nanny Sara Zelenak, 21, was confirmed dead in Saturday night’s atrocity.

While Xavier Thomas, 45, is thought to have been struck by the terrorists’ van on the bridge and witnesses reported seeing him being thrown into the water.

Xavier Thomas was at London Bridge with girlfriend Christine Delcros who is seriously injured in hospital

The body was recovered near Limehouse, downstream of London Bridge, at around 7.45pm on Tuesday by specialist officers from the marine police unit.

Scotland Yard said formal identification had not yet taken place, but Mr Thomas’ next of kin had been informed.

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James McMullan from Hackney

James McMullan, 32, from Hackney, Canadian Christine Archibald, 30, Australian nurse Kirsty Boden, 28, and Alexandre Pigeard, 27, have already been named among the dead.

Nathalie Cros Brohan, sister of Mr Thomas’s girlfriend Christine Delcros, posted on Facebook on Wednesday morning that the family ‘fear the worst’.

Christine Archibald was killed in the London attack (Picture: PA)

Kirsty Boden died selflessly trying to help others (Picture: Met Police)

Mr Thomas had been missing since he was caught up in the attack with Ms Delcros.

The couple, who were visiting London for the weekend, were walking south over London Bridge around the time the attack started, according to police.

Ms Delcros was seriously injured by the van, although her condition in hospital has stabilised, her family said.

Popular chef Sebastien Belanger, 36, was watching football with friends when he was caught up in the attack in Borough Market.

Alexandre Pigeard from France is one of the victims of June 3’s deadly attack in London (Picture: Getty)

Sebastien Belanger was watching football with friends before getting caught up in the attack (Picture: Facebook)