Spain investigates church attacks
(VOVWORLD) -The suspect in a machete attack on two churches in southern Spain in which one clergyman was killed and another seriously injured is a 25-year-old Moroccan man who was due to be deported from the country, police said on Thursday.
 The police investigated the site of the attack in the southern port city of Algeciras, Spain on January 25, 2023 (Photo: Europa Press/ AP) |
The suspect was arrested on Wednesday evening after a man wielding a machete attacked several people at two churches, 300 meters apart, in the southern port city of Algeciras.
According to a police source, the suspect has no criminal nor terrorism-related convictions either in Spain or any known country. The man was not in Spain legally and his deportation process began last June and was ongoing, the source said.