Spain: Police officer killed in Oviedo after neighborhood dispute escalates with explosion

A Spanish National Police officer was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion in Oviedo on Tuesday. The blast followed an escalating dispute between two families in the Villafria neighbourhood, and the circumstances remain unclear.

The officers, a member of the TEDAX explosives unit and a canine handler, were approaching a suspicious backpack when it detonated. Local media reported that a woman had been shot earlier in the morning and was expected to recover; police cordoned off Rafael Urrusti Street as the mayor travelled to the scene.