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Knifeman killed in Spain police station attack
MADRID, Aug 20, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A man armed with a knife was killed when
he attacked a police station near the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona
early Monday, police said.
“A man armed with a knife entered the police station in Cornella to attack
the officers. The attacker was shot,” the Catalonia regional police said on
Twitter.
A police spokesman refused to comment on local media reports that the man
was from Algeria and had shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) during the
attack.
The incident occurred days after the first anniversary of a deadly jihadist
rampage in Catalonia.
Sixteen people were killed on August 17, 2017 when a van drove into crowds
on the popular Las Ramblas boulevard in the heart of Barcelona and in a knife
attack in the nearby resort of Cambrils.
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1430 hrs