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One officer was killed and another injured when a backpack exploded as Spain’s Special Canine Unit arrived to examine it in Oviedo, police said.
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A police officer has died and another has been injured after a backpack exploded in Oviedo, northern Spain, as officers arrived to inspect it on Tuesday morning, Spanish police said.
The officers were members of Spain’s Special Canine Unit. Police identified the dead officer as Juan José and paid tribute to him in a statement on X.
Local media reported that officers found the backpack after attending the scene of a separate incident. The circumstances of the explosion and whether anyone else was injured were not yet clear.
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