Police Officer Dies in Spain Bomb Blast After Oviedo Shooting Call
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MENAFNOfficers responding to a shooting that left a woman injured found a backpack holding an explosive device at a residential building in the city’s Villafria neighborhood at about 7:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT). The device then went off, the agency reported.
The blast killed a member of the police canine unit, the agency said, citing Jupol, a Spanish National Police union. The wounded officer, a specialist with the force’s bomb disposal unit, lost a leg and remains in serious condition.
Officers are hunting the suspect in the shooting, who may still be armed, National Police sources said.
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