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Spanish authorities are investigating what they are saying was a potential terrorist incident after a person stabbed a number of folks at two church buildings within the southern Spanish port metropolis of Algeciras, killing a minimum of one individual.
The person attacked clergymen at two totally different church buildings – San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de La Palma, round 300 meters aside – simply after 8pm on Wednesday night in downtown Algeciras, a spokesperson for the town stated.
A supply at Madrid’s Excessive Courtroom stated the incident was being investigated as terrorism.
Police stated the attacker had been arrested, whereas a police supply shared footage displaying two officers escorting a person in a hooded sports activities high in handcuffs via a police station.
Police haven’t launched particulars of his title or nationality.
The person who was killed was Diego Valencia, a sacristan on the Nuestra Senora de La Palma church, whereas the titular priest of the parish church of San Isidro, Antonio RodrÃguez, was among the many injured and is in critical situation, the Algeciras metropolis spokesperson stated .
Footage broadcast by native media confirmed a person wearing black holding a weapon that seemed to be a machete.
Reuters was not in a position to instantly confirm the video.
El Mundo newspaper reported that 4 folks had been injured within the assault.
