• The priest was attacked and seriously injured.
• The suspect was quickly disarmed and arrested.
• The incident is being investigated as a terror-related incident.

Spain: A man wielding a machete attacked two churches in southern Spain, killing one and injuring at least one other.

The suspect first entered the church of San Isidro in Algeciras, where the priest was attacked and seriously injured, according to the interior ministry.

The alleged attacker then went to another church and stabbed a verger to death.

The suspect was quickly disarmed and arrested.

According to the Interior Ministry, “just after 19:00 local time (18:00 GMT) this evening, a man entered the church of San Isidro in Algeciras, where, armed with a machete, he attacked the priest, seriously injuring him.”

“He then entered the church of Nuestra Senora de La Palma and attacked the verger after causing damage.”

According to the statement, the alleged victim managed to get outside the church but was attacked again and killed.

“Moments later, (the assailant) was disarmed and arrested, and is currently in police custody,” according to the ministry.

The incident is being investigated as a terror-related incident.

“I send my deepest condolences to the families of the verger who died in this terrible attack,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Twitter.

The incident was condemned as a “brutal and vicious attack” by the local Muslim community in Algeciras.

Algeciras is a popular ferry port that connects the Iberian Peninsula to Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta.

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