A bomb inside a backpack killed a police officer and seriously injured a bomb-disposal specialist in Oviedo, Spain, on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10. Authorities are investigating a possible connection to a shooting that wounded a 17-year-old girl. (Foto: Instagram)
A bomb inside a backpack killed a police officer and seriously injured a bomb-disposal specialist in Oviedo, Spain, on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10. Police said officers had been sent to the Villafría neighborhood after a report of a shooting in which a 17-year-old girl was wounded. She was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
The incident began with a report to Spain’s National Police that did not mention a possible bomb, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported. When officers arrived in Villafría, they found a partially open backpack and called in the bomb squad.
A canine-unit officer and a bomb-disposal specialist approached the bag, which then exploded. The officer was killed, and the specialist was taken in serious condition to the Central University Hospital of Asturias.
Authorities are investigating whether the shooting was connected to the explosion. They are also trying to determine what prompted the shooting and identify the person responsible. Police say a wanted man is suspected of shooting the teenager and leaving the backpack containing explosives at the entrance to a building. The suspect has a criminal record, according to authorities.
The man allegedly fled in a luxury car and remains at large. The National Police described the incident as serious, launched a large operation and sealed off the area.
