Bomb in backpack explodes in Oviedo, Spain, killing a police officer
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
An explosion in a building in the Villafría district of Oviedo, in northern Spain, killed one police officer and injured another, according to police sources cited by the EFE news agency. Officers had been sent after a shooting was reported outside the building, where a 17-year-old woman was injured; the officer killed belonged to an elite police dog unit.
An explosion caused by a booby-trapped backpack killed one police officer and injured another in the entrance hall of a building in the Villafría district of Oviedo, in northern Spain, on Tuesday 10 November. Police sources confirmed the information to the EFE news agency.
Officers had been sent after a shooting was reported outside the building at around 7 a.m. A 17-year-old woman was injured in the exchange of fire and taken to hospital. It was while inspecting the entrance of the building that the officers discovered the bag, which then exploded. The officer killed belonged to the elite unit of the National Police specialising in the use of dogs. The circumstances of the shooting and the explosion remain to be established.
