Knife-wielding man arrested in Spain in apparent terror attack

A man is arrested after he held a large knife against his abdomen and shouted “Allahu Akbar” — “God is Great” in Arabic — at a busy Spanish frontier with Morocco, authorities in the Spanish enclave of Melilla say.

Video released by Spain’s National Police shows how agents encircled the man, who wore shorts and a T-shirt and walked slowly. In the surveillance camera footage, a police officer throws a large plastic bollard at the man, who falls over before other officers subdue him.

One of the officers is treated after he received a small cut to one finger, Spain’s Interior Ministry delegate for Melilla, Abdelamalik El Barkani, tells reporters at a news conference.

The man, who is believed to be a 29-year-old Moroccan citizen, was arrested and brought to a police station where he was questioned.

— Agencies