Spain: Police officer killed in Oviedo explosion

· DW

At least one officer was killed and another injured as a fight between two families becomes increasingly violent.

A national police officer was killed in Oviedo, Spain on Tuesday following an explosion in the Villafria neighborhood. Another is being treated for serious wounds in a nearby hospital.

According to local media, the officers were responding to an escalating dispute between two local families in which a woman was shot by a man. She is reportedly expected to recover.

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