# Cop killed and another loses a leg after backpack bomb explodes in Spain following a shooting

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cop-killed-and-another-loses-a-leg-after-backpack-bomb-explodes-in-spain-following-a-shooting/
- Published: 2026-11-10T10:56:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T11:03:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16280911/Cop-killed-loses-leg-backpack-bomb-explodes-Spain-following-shooting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- 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.

## Summary

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.

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