Police have shot a knifeman shouting Allahu Akbar who tried to attack them at a station near Barcelona early this morning.
The drama happened around 6am at a police station in Cornella on the outskirts of the Catalan capital.
Regional Mossos d’Esquadra police said in a tweet: ‘A man armed with a knife has accessed the police station in Cornella this morning with the aim of attacking officers. He has been taken out.’
Local reports said the man was a 29-year-old of Algerian origin and had shouted Allahu Akbar – God is great.
An officer who was in the reception area of the police station is said to have shot him.
The incident happened just three days after the anniversary of the devastating terrorist attack in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas.