MADRID, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The body of Ignacio Echeberria, the 39-year-old Spaniard who was one of the eight victims of the London Bridge terror attack on June 3, was flown back to Spain on Saturday.
Echeberria's body was flown back in a Spanish air force plane to the Torrejon de Ardoz airport outside of the capital city of Madrid, where Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy was there to receive it and Echeberria's family.
The funeral will be held in Echeberria's home town of Las Rozas on the outskirts of Madrid on Sunday.
The autopsy on Echeverria carried out prior to his repatriation from Britain showed he died as the result of a knife wound to his back as he tried to defend a woman who was being attacked by the three terrorists on London Bridge in the June 3 atrocity which claimed eight lives.
Friends said Echeverria had dismounted from his bicycle and tried to defend the woman using no more than his skateboard.
His courage was recognized by the Spanish government on Friday as the man who has become known in Spain as the "skateboard hero" was posthumously awarded the silver medal of civil merit.
