In Oviedo (Asturias), a police officer was killed and another seriously injured on the morning of 10 November 2026. Earlier, a 17-year-old woman had been shot in a residential building in the neighbourhood of Villafría During a subsequent search of the building, officers found a rucksack with suspicious contents left in the hallway. As officers approached the bag, an explosive device detonated. According to matching reports from Europa Press, elDiario.es and La Voz de Asturias a sub-inspector from the unit Guías Caninos. A specialist from the bomb disposal unit TEDAX was seriously injured; media report that one of his legs had to be amputated.
The Policía Nacional confirmed a major operation in which one officer was killed and a colleague seriously injured. Official information about the identities of the police officers involved was initially withheld. The 17-year-old who had been shot was taken to hospital and treated.
According to initial investigations, police are searching for a man who witnesses say shot the teenager. He is also suspected of leaving the rucksack containing the explosive device. It was initially unclear whether the man being sought was still armed or had prepared further explosive devices. The search is under way, the area around the scene has been cordoned off and evidence is being collected.
Police unions and professional associations offered their condolences to the family of the officer who was killed and called for the events to be quickly clarified, as well as for additional protection for emergency personnel working with potentially dangerous objects. Details about the time, the exact location of the hallway and the technical features of the explosive device were still being established that morning.
What is confirmed at present: a 17-year-old was shot and injured in Villafría on 10 November; in the same context, officers found a rucksack containing an explosive device, which detonated as they approached; a sub-inspector from Guías Caninos was killed and a TEDAX officer was seriously injured. Information about the identity of the person being sought, his motive or possible links to other offences is the subject of ongoing investigations. The authorities intend to release further information during the day.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).