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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Rightwing Spanish leaders under fire over anti-Islam comments after attack on churches

Candles are seen after two churches were attacked in Algeciras, Andalucía, Spain.
One man died and four were injured in the attack in the Andalucían city of Algeciras. Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

Conservative and far-right Spanish political leaders have been accused of seeking to smear and stigmatise Muslims and migrants after a suspected Islamist terrorist attack on two churches in the southern city of Algeciras in which one man was killed and four other people were injured.

On Wednesday evening, a man with a machete entered the Andalucían city’s San Isidro church and seriously wounded a priest there before going to the nearby Nuestra Señora de La Palma church and killing its sacristan, Diego Valencia. Three other people were injured in the violence.

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