One dead and one injured are the consequences of a jihadist attack that took place this afternoon in three churches in Algeciras.
The national police confirmed the arrest of a person who had been wreaking havoc in the churches of San Isidro, La Palma and the Chapel of Europe.
The dead man is Diego Valencia, the sexton of the church of La Palma, and the injured man is Father Antonio Rodríguez, the parish priest of the chapel of San Isidro. The latter suffered a stab wound and is in serious condition in hospital.
In San Isidro, the detainee entered the San Isidro chapel and struck at pictures using a large machete and dressed in a djellaba. The pastor tried to chase him away and when he was outside, he turned on the clergyman and stabbed him in the neck. Europasur
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The national police confirmed that a perpetrator of Moroccan origin was arrested for striking with a machete. He is 40 years old and was wearing a black djellaba at the time of the attack.Gaceta.es
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“Shortly before 8pm, a person carried out a knife attack in the San Lorenzo church in Algeciras in the province of Cadiz, killing one person and injuring others. The attacker was arrested and taken into police custody,” said the Spanish Interior Ministry in a terse statement. Le Figaro