Betanzos flies flag at half-mast in tribute to London terror victim Aysha, who had 'many friends and relatives' in Galicia
Friday, March 24, 2017 @ 6:44 PM
THE Galicia town of Betanzos is flying its flag at half-mast today (Friday) in an official day of mourning for its descendant Aysha Ahmet Caldelas Frade, 43, who lost her life in the terror attack on Westminster Bridge in London.
A town of just 15,000 inhabitants and over 1,000 kilometres from the UK capital is feeling London's pain as though the massacre happened in its own market square – Aysha's mother was born in Betanzos and the deceased's sisters live and work there.
Aysha, whose dad is from Cyprus and met her mum in London, was born in the metropolis and lived mostly in the centre, spending several years in a flat in Ladbroke Grove, but she has a huge family network in the Betanzos area on her mother's side.
Her sisters, Silvia and Michelle, own and run two language schools teaching English to natives in the province of A Coruña.
Although a Londoner all her life, Aysha felt 'very Spanish', supporting FC Deportivo A Coruña and being a big fan of Enrique Iglesias and Colombian rocker Juanés.
“People were saying on Wednesday evening that someone from Betanzos had been affected by the attack, but nobody wanted to believe it,” admits mayor Ramón García Vázquez.
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