Machete attack on two churches in southern Spain 1

Machete attack on two churches in southern Spain: 1 sexton killed and 4 injured

He attacked two churches from Algecirasin the province Cadizarmed with a machete with which he had previously killed one person and injured at least four arrestedprobably on the way to a third church. “Islamically Motivated Terrorism”: This is how the Spanish judges shape the story that has seen a protagonist 25 years old Moroccan origin. The reconstruction of what happened between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Südstadt Spain it is still fragmentary.

This emerges from various media reports by the Efe news agency on El País, citing sources police he was born in Ministry of the Interiorthe man would have entered a first church that of San Isidrocries out to the faithful gift of “Convert to Islam”. He then returned, clad in a djellaba and armed with a machete, and wounded him pastor. Then he would go towards our church Senora de La Palma.

On the square opposite, the religious building would have crossed the sacristan, Diego Valencia, also attacks, this time in a deadly manner. According to the story of a priest from Algerica, the 25-year-old is said to have attacked in a targeted manner Church of the Virgen de Europa “But I don’t know if he managed to get there” or if he’s been stopped before. The priest is wounded, father Antonio Rodriguezis in stable conditionssaid the Mayor of Algeciras, Jose Ignacio Landaluceon Spanish public television Tve.

El Mundo reports that in the hours that followed, with the alleged assassin already in custody, the police moved on Seek a house in the city center. Agents can search two other people, suggests that the man may have acted with some collaboration. The investigation must also clarify whether the man acted alone or is part of onejihadist organization.