One person was killed and another seriously injured in an attack carried out by a person with a knife at a church in the southern city of Algeciras on Wednesday, Spain’s Interior Ministry said.
Spain’s National Court said a judge has opened an investigation into a possible act of terrorism for the attack.
The attacker was arrested and is in the custody of the Spanish National Police. The ministry did not identify the attacker.
He said one victim of the attack was killed outside the San Isidro church, while the other person was injured inside the church.
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Police work next to the body of a murdered man in Algeciras, southern Spain, on January 25, 2023.
(Nono Rico/Europa Press via AP)
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Police are investigating the incident, the ministry said, to determine the “nature of the attack”. He did not offer further details about the weapon that was used or the possible motive of the attacker.
Local media said the dead person was a priest.
The secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of Spain, Francisco García, wrote on Twitter that “it is with great pain that I received the news of the incident in Algeciras.”
“These are sad moments of suffering, we are united by the pain of the relatives of the victims and that of the Diocese of Cádiz,” he added.
