By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 20 Aug 2018 • 9:37
POLICE have shot a man, armed with a knife, after he allegedly attacked officers at a police station in Spain this morning (Monday).
The Mossos d’Esquadra police in Cataluna said the attack happened at the Cornella de Llobregat police station in Barcelona a few minutes before 6am.
They say an investigation has been launched to discover the motive of the attack.
Spanish media have reported the man, believed to be a 29-year-old Algerian was shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he attacked the officers.
The nature of his injuries after being shot by the police are not yet known.
A man armed with knife has acceded this morning to Cornellà’s police station with the aim to attack the Police officers. The aggressor has been shot down. The facts happened a few minuts before 6 a.m. — Mossos (@mossos) August 20, 2018
A man armed with knife has acceded this morning to Cornellà’s police station with the aim to attack the Police officers. The aggressor has been shot down. The facts happened a few minuts before 6 a.m.
— Mossos (@mossos) August 20, 2018
An investigation has been launched following the events that occurred this morning in our Police Station in Cornellà, in order to clarify the reasons for the attack — Mossos (@mossos) August 20, 2018
An investigation has been launched following the events that occurred this morning in our Police Station in Cornellà, in order to clarify the reasons for the attack
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