FC Barcelona soccer stars welcome grandson of Vancouver man killed in terror attack

A Vancouver teen who lost his grandfather in the Barcelona terror attacks got to meet members of the city’s most famous soccer club.

Fourteen-year-old Duncan Bates was in Barcelona when his grandfather Ian Moore Wilson was killed after a van crashed into pedestrians on Las Ramblas.

The family had travelled to the Catalan capital so Bates could take part in a soccer clinic run by FC Barcelona.

Last week, Bates visited club headquarters where he was greeted by Barça players, including stars Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta, Luis Suárez and Ivan Rakitic.

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Bates’ grandmother insisted he attend the clinic because that’s what his grandfather would have wanted.

Members of the team presented Duncan with his own personalized jersey and posed with him for a photo.

Wilson was one of 14 victims in the vehicle attacks in Barcelona and the coastal town of Cambrils.

– With files from The Associated Press

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