A police officer has been killed in a neighborhood dispute in Spain. A colleague of the agent shot the perpetrator on Sunday in Andújar in the southern Spanish province of Jaén, the national police said. The murdered agent wanted to mediate in the dispute, in which several people participated. He was attacked by a man with a knife and a hammer. The policeman was taken to hospital alive, but succumbed to his injuries.
According to media reports, the murdered police officer was 40 years old. The second officer who shot the perpetrator was also injured by a knife wound in the back and blows to the head, but his life is not in danger, a police spokesperson emphasizes. The city of Andújar declared a three-day mourning. Mayor Pedro Rodríguez spoke of a “tragic and regrettable” incident. (saw/sda/dpa)
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