Machete-wielding attacker kills sacristan, severely injures priest and other faithful in southern Spain : vimarsana.com

(OSV News) -- A Moroccan national is under arrest after a horrific attack in several Catholic churches in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras, killing one person.

According to Spanish news agency EFE, the attacker -- identified as Yasin Kanza -- first entered the Church of Santa Maria Auxiliadora around 8 p.m. Jan. 25 and attacked 74-year-old Salesian Father Antonio Rodríguez with a machete as he celebrated Mass.

Although seriously wounded in the neck, Father Rodriguez underwent surgery an

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