Police officer dies after backpack explodes while responding to shooting in Spain

A Spanish police officer was killed and another was seriously injured after a backpack containing an explosive device detonated as they responded to a shooting, local authorities said.

A spokesperson for Oviedo city council said the officers had been responding to a violent dispute between two families on Tuesday, during which a young woman was shot and injured by a man.

Police union ‌JUPOL said in a statement the officer who died was a member of the ⁠canine unit of the National Police, while the injured officer, belonging to the bomb disposal unit, remained in a very serious condition after losing a leg.

The union said that upon ‌arriving at the scene of ​the shooting on the outskirts ‌of Oviedo, police ⁠found a backpack at the building's ⁠entrance containing an explosive device, which detonated as ‌officers took ​it away from ‌the building to ​defuse it.

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