Agents of the National Police have killed a man of about 35 years old this Friday in Madrid who threatened several passers-by with a large kitchen knife and rushed at a policeman, who has been injured in the hand, as reported to Efe police sources. The event occurred around ten o’clock in the morning in the vicinity of the San Cristóbal de los Ángeles health center, located at 24 Benimamet Street.
The National Police received several calls that alerted that this man, a sub-Saharan man, was threatening passers-by in the street with a large knife. The doctors at the health center had to close the doors to prevent him from entering the interior.
When the officers arrived, the man lunged at a policeman, injuring his hand. For this reason, the agents fired a shot at this man but, by not giving up his attitude and continuing to insist on his threats, he was killed.
When the health workers from Samur-Civil Protection arrived, the man had several impacts from a firearm and the agents were carrying out resuscitation maneuvers, according to Efe sources from Emergencias Madrid. These maneuvers were continued by the health workers, but they could only confirm his death.
The Scientific Police are at the scene collecting evidence. In the last two years, this man has had four arrests for an attack on law enforcement officials.
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