Australian tourist in Barcelona has survived THREE terror attacks in three months - but vows to keep travelling
An Australian woman who survived the Barcelona terror attack has revealed it was the third time she cheated death this year.
Julia Monaco, who was in a shopping mall when a van attack killed at least 14 on Thursday, was also in London and Paris this year when terrorists struck.
The Melbourne native however told an Australian radio station that she will not let the incidents stop her travelling.
The 26-year-old has been visiting different parts of Europe for the past three months.
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“I don’t feel like I want to go home,’ she defiant told the 3AW radio station. “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.’
The 26-year-old from Melbourne was shopping with two friends close to Las Ramblas when the latest attack occurred.
The group were 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.
She added: “‘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.”
At least 14 people have died in the attack in Barcelona, police said on Friday with 100 people injured.
Responsibility for the attack has been claimed by ISIS
A further eight people were killed in the attack in London.
