Due to the detonation of explosives in the backpack, an explosion occurred in Spain

In the Spanish city of Oviedo, an explosion thundered, leading to the death of one person and serious injuries to another. According to the newspaper 20minutos, the cause of the incident was the detonation of explosives, which was in the backpack.

Initially, Comercio reported that the explosion killed a police officer, and another law enforcement officer was injured: law enforcement officers arrived on a call because of the shooting. However, the information was later clarified: the victim was not a police officer, but a specialist of the TEDAX unit engaged in the defusing of explosive devices - his leg was amputated as a result of the injury.

The chronology of events looked like this: first, shots were fired in the area - a young woman was injured. Police arrived at the scene, who found a backpack with an explosive device on the landing. When trying to approach the find, the device detonated.