One dead and four injured (one seriously) is the toll of a jihadist attack that on Wednesday afternoon targeted at least two churches in Algeciras, Andalusia, at the southern end of Spain. The assailant shouted “death to Christians” during his attack. He has been arrested.
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(OSV News) A Moroccan national is under arrest after a horrific attack in several Catholic churches in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras, killing one person.
According to Spanish news agency EFE, the attacker identified as Yasin Kanza first entered the Church of Santa Maria Auxiliadora around 8 p.m. Jan. 25 and attacked 74-year-old Salesian Father Antonio Rodríguez with a machete as he celebrated Mass.
Although seriously wounded in the neck, Father Rodriguez underwent surgery an