The Government requests that the death of the Spanish aid worker Emma Igual be investigated as "a war crime"

This Tuesday, Spain asked the International Criminal Court and the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office to investigate the death of the Spanish aid worker Emma Igual, who died last Sunday, the 10th, due to the impact of a Russian projectile in Ukraine, as “a war crime.” .

The announcement was made this Tuesday in Strasbourg (France) by the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, in statements to the Spanish media. The president specified that he has signed two letters: one addressed to the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, and another to the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba.

He explained that, although he has no doubt about who is responsible for the death of the aid worker, so that this crime does not go unpunished, things must be done well and let the prosecutor's offices be the ones to rule so that there is no doubt at all. regard.

Spain is willing to collaborate, even with human resources, to “try to clarify and reach the end,” said Albares, who is in contact with the parents of the deceased aid worker and has conveyed this request from the Government to them.

The Spanish Government has also recognized the humanitarian work of the aid worker and has posthumously awarded her the Grand Cross of Isabel la Católica. This distinction, officially adopted this Tuesday – the most important that Foreign Affairs grants – had already been announced the day before by the acting head of European diplomacy.

The work of Equal on Ukraine was to deal with the evacuation of citizens in areas of greatest risk, as highlighted by the Government. The Catalan aid worker died when the car she was traveling in exploded and disintegrated after being hit by a Russian projectile.