Police officer killed in Oviedo blast during shooting response

A National Police canine-unit officer was killed and a TEDAX bomb-disposal officer was critically injured when an explosive device detonated during a police response to a shooting in Oviedo, northern Spain, on November 10. The shooting had injured a young woman before officers found a backpack containing the device at the building entrance.

Police union JUPOL said the injured officer lost a leg and remained in very serious condition. The union identified the officer who died as a sub-inspector in the National Police canine unit and the injured colleague as a member of the TEDAX bomb-disposal unit.

According to JUPOL, officers responding to the shooting found the backpack and it detonated as they moved it away from the building to defuse it. The circumstances of the blast have not been established. One report said the device went off at about 8:30 a.m.; another put the time at about 9 a.m. The sources do not establish a precise time.

The shooting was reported shortly after 7 a.m. on Rafael Urrusti Street, on the outskirts of Oviedo. A local-council spokesperson said the young woman was shot and injured and was no longer in danger. Reports described the initial call as involving a...