ALGECIRAS, Jan 27 The city of Algeciras was united in mourning Thursday a day after a machete-wielding Moroccan stormed two churches, killing a verger and seriously wounding a.
null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Newsroom, Jan 26, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).A sacristan was killed and a priest wounded during a suspected terrorist attack Wednesday on two Catholic churches in Spain.As reported by Europa Press, according to police sources, the sacristan of the Church of Our Lady of La Palma was murdered and the pastor of St. Isidore Church was wounded.Both churches are in the city of Algeciras near the far southern end of the Iberian peninsula across the strait of Gibraltar from Morocco.Calatunya Press reported that the deceased sacristan is Diego Valencia, and the priest is Father Antonio Rodríguez.The news outlet further reported that in the St. Isidore attack, the suspect entered the church and struck at statues with a machete. The priest tried to expel him and once outside, the suspect, dressed in a djellaba (typical Moroccan dress), stabbed the priest in the neck.Sources from the 112 Andalusia Emergency Service informed Europa Press that the attack occurred ar.
A machete-wielding man killed a sexton and injured a priest at two Catholic churches in the city of Algeciras on Wednesday before being arrested, Spain s interior ministry said. Authorities are investigating the attacks as a possible act of terrorism.
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