A churchman was killed in a machete attack in Algeciras, southern Spain. The alleged perpetrator injured four other people, including a priest, in at least two churches tonight, state television broadcaster RTVE and other Spanish media reported, citing the police. He was later arrested.
The body of the sacristan was therefore found in front of a church in the city of Andalusia. The background and the exact course of events were initially unclear. The public prosecutor’s office has initiated a preliminary investigation into suspected terrorism, wrote the newspaper “El Pais”.
The regional leader of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, condemned the crime on Twitter, but called for prudence while “the facts are being investigated”. He assured that “intolerance will never have a place in our society”.
