A Spanish police officer was killed, and another lost his leg on Tuesday after a backpack bomb exploded following a shooting.
The officers had been deployed to a property in the northern town of Oviedo following reports of a shooting after a family dispute, in which a 17-year-old girl was seriously wounded.
Police and members of the bomb disposal unit arrived at the scene, where they located a backpack outside the entrance of the building containing an explosive device allegedly left behind by the shooter.
While officers were handling the device, the explosive detonated, killing a man named locally as Juan Jose, who
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