ALGECIRAS, Spain: The man alleged to have stormed two churches with a machete, killing a sacristan and seriously wounding a priest, was slated for deportation, but had no prior convictions, Spanish officials said on Thursday.
Algeciras Mayor Jose Ignacio Landaluce (center); Fr. Juan Jose Marina, parish priest of the Nuestra Senora de La Palma Church (to Landaluce’s left); and sympathizers observe a minute of silence in front of the spot where sacristan Diego Valencia was killed on Alta square in the city of Algeciras, southern Spain on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. AFP PHOTO
ALGECIRAS, Spain: The man alleged to have stormed two churches with a machete, killing a sacristan and seriously wounding a priest, was slated for deportation, but had no prior convictions, Spanish officials said on Thursday.