This has been indicated by the mayor of Algeciras, José Ignacio Landaluce, who has defined that the priest is “out of hazard”. The mayor maintains that “if all goes properly, within the subsequent few hours he may even be discharged”.
The priest Antonio Rodríguez, stabbed this afternoon throughout the assaults on three church buildings in Algeciras (Cádiz) perpetrated by a person who has been arrested and wherein a sacristan has died, is out of hazard after having undergone surgical procedure.
This was said by the mayor of Algeciras, José Ignacio Landaluce, who defined that the priest is “out of hazard” and that he has already “come out of the working room” on the Punta de Europa hospital, to which he was transferred in an ambulance.
The mayor maintains that “if all goes properly, within the subsequent few hours he may even be discharged.”
The Salesian Antonio Rodríguez, 74, was stabbed round 7:00 p.m. when he was celebrating mass within the church of San Isidro, the parish situated within the neighborhood of the identical identify in Algeciras.
It was the primary of the three temples that was attacked by the person, who then went to the church of Nuestra Señora de La Palma, within the Plaza Alta, the place, after inflicting varied injury, he attacked the sacristan Diego Valencia.
The sacristan managed to get out of the church, however was hit by the attacker exterior, the place he was fatally injured.
After that assault there was an try and entry the chapel of Nuestra Señora de Europa, additionally situated within the Plaza Alta, in entrance of the church of La Palma, however the temple was closed at the moment and he has not been capable of entry it.
Moments later, the assailant was neutralized and arrested and was transferred to National Police items.