Spanish authorities are investigating what they said was a possible “terrorist” incident after a man stabbed several people in two churches in the southern Spanish port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person, he said. a judicial source and a spokesperson for the city.
The man attacked clerics at two different churches, San Isidro and Nuestra Señora de La Palma, about 1,000 feet (300 meters) apart, shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday in downtown Algeciras, a city spokesman said. A source at the Madrid Superior Court of Justice said the incident was being investigated as terrorism.
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Police said the attacker had been arrested, while a police source shared footage showing two officers escorting a man wearing a hooded sports shirt and handcuffed through a police station. Police have not released details of his name or nationality.
The man who died was Diego Valencia, sacristan of the church of Nuestra Señora de La Palma, while the head priest of the parish of San Isidro, Antonio Rodríguez, was among the injured and is in serious condition, said the spokesman for the Algeciras city. .
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Images released by local media showed a man dressed in black holding a weapon that appeared to be a machete. Reuters could not immediately verify the video.
The newspaper El Mundo reported that four people were injured in the attack.
