American confirmed dead in Barcelona terrorist attack, one injured

Another U.S. citizen injured in massacre

Police attend to injured people at the scene of a terrorist attack in the Las Ramblas area of Barcelona, Spain. (Nicolas Carvalho Ochoa/Getty Images)

BARCELONA – An American citizen has been confirmed among the dead following Thursday's van attack in Barcelona. Another U.S. citizen was injured with a minor wound.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the announcement Friday that an American is one of the 14 people killed during the massacre in the city's Las Ramblas.

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"We have now received word and confirmed the death of one American citizen in the terrorist attacks in Spain," Tillerson said during a media briefing.

The identity of the American citizen was not immediately released.

Over 100 people were injured during the attack.