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Police Officer Dies After Backpack Explodes in Northern Spanish City
By Maya Wilson
One police officer has died and another has been injured after a backpack exploded in Oviedo, a city in northern Spain, the BBC reported.
The officers had attended the scene in connection with a separate incident at a residential building in the city when the backpack exploded, according to the BBC.
The BBC report said one officer died and the other was injured. It did not provide further details about the injured officer’s condition or identify either officer.
The cause of the explosion has not been reported. The BBC account did not establish why the backpack exploded or provide any explanation for the incident.
The explosion occurred after police had responded to the separate incident at the residential building, the BBC reported. The two events are distinct in the account: the officers were at the scene in connection with the residential-building incident when the backpack exploded.
No further details about the circumstances surrounding the explosion were included in the reporting.
Reporting based on BBC dispatches; this story will be updated as further confirmation arrives.
— Maya Wilson, World Desk
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