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Spain church machete attack suspect was 25-year-old Moroccan, police confirm

A coffin of a victim is carried by relatives a day two churches were attacked, with a 25-year-old Moroccan man identified as a suspect by the police, in Algeciras, Spain January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

The suspect in a machete attack on two churches in southern Spain in which one clergyman was killed and another seriously injured is a 25-year-old Moroccan man who was due to be deported from the country, police said on Thursday.

The suspect was arrested on Wednesday evening after a man wielding a machete attacked several people at the churches of San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de La Palma, around 300 metres (1,000 feet) apart, in the southern port city of Algeciras.

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