"Information about the death of a minor girl from Russia in the suburbs of Barcelona was confirmed by law enforcement agencies of Catalonia: on the evening of June 16, a body of a child with traces of violent death was found in one of the residential buildings of Mataro," the attache general of Stanislav Petrnichev quotes RIA Novosti.

According to him, the mother of the deceased girl was informed about the incident by the Spanish authorities.

Earlier in the Russian Embassy in Madrid, RT commented to the media information about the murder of a 13-year-old Russian girl in the city of Mataro in the province of Barcelona.

According to media reports, the girl’s mother lived in a Spanish city for about a year with her and her 16-year-old son.

The woman left for a few days and left the children alone in the apartment. Subsequently, friends discovered the girl's body, her brother disappeared, he is wanted by the police.