Overview
- Police went to the Villafría neighbourhood after residents reported gunshots and a 17-year-old woman was wounded and taken to hospital on Tuesday morning.
- Officers found a suspicious backpack at the building entrance and a National Police canine unit sub-inspector who approached the bag was killed when it detonated.
- A TEDAX bomb-disposal officer was critically injured and reportedly lost a leg and was taken to the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias for emergency surgery.
- The National Police and the JUPOL union confirmed the fatality and deployed a large operation that cordoned off Rafael Urrusti Street while Guardia Civil and UME units assisted.
- Investigators say they have not established a definitive link between the shooting and the explosive device and are continuing to examine the device, motive and possible suspects.