An attack on a church in Algeciras, southern Spain, has killed at least one person. An investigation has been opened for alleged acts of terrorism.
[Mis à jour le 25 janvier à 23h10] Spanish authorities have announced that a sexton was killed and several people injured, including a priest, in a stabbing attack on Wednesday January 25 at a church in Algeciras, southern Spain. A terrorism investigation has been opened after the arrest of a man.
According to local media, the assailant was dressed in a djellaba and armed with a machete. He killed the sexton outside the church. In a video released by the authorities, we see the assailant from behind, framed by the police, black pants and a gray, black and white hoodie. Handcuffed, he walks in socks in a hallway.
An investigation opened for alleged acts of terrorism
The Spanish Interior Ministry said that “the facts are being analyzed and are being investigated. It is not possible at the moment to determine the nature of the attack”, assured the Ministry of Interior. For its part, the prosecution announced that an investigation had been opened for “presumed acts of terrorism”.
Juanma Moreno, president of the Andalusia region, called the attack on Twitter “terrible and unbearable.” Before continuing: “I strongly condemn the crime. Intolerance will never have a place in our society.”