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Cop killed and another loses a leg after backpack bomb explodes in Spain following a shooting
A police officer was killed and another was critically injured when a backpack bomb exploded in Oviedo, northern Spain, on Tuesday. They had been sent to a property after a shooting in which a 17-year-old girl was seriously wounded.
Police found an explosive device in a backpack outside the building and it detonated as officers moved it away to defuse it. The officer who died was a member of the Special Canine Unit; the injured bomb disposal officer lost a leg and was in a very serious condition. The article says the device was allegedly left by the shooter.
In short
- A backpack bomb exploded as officers handled it in Oviedo.
- A Special Canine Unit officer was killed.
- A bomb disposal officer lost a leg and remained critically ill.