At least one person has been killed and several others injured in an attack carried out by someone with a bladed weapon at a church in southern Spain.

A suspect has been arrested following the incident, the interior ministry said in a statement.

Spanish national police told Sky News that the person who was killed worked as a sacristan in the church, while a priest is also in serious condition.

The man, described by local media as wielding either a machete or a samurai sword, allegedly attacked churchgoers in San Lorenzo parish in Algeciras – a port city in the southern province of Cadiz.

The ministry said the victim was killed outside the church of San Isidro, while the other person was wounded inside the church.

“The facts are being investigated and analysed, but it is not yet possible to determine the nature of the attack,” the
ministry said in a statement.

A police spokesperson said the incident is being investigated and they cannot say what the motivation was for the attack at this stage.

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El Mundo newspaper reported that a total of four people had been injured in the attack.

Spain’s high court is to investigate the church stabbings in Cadiz as terrorism, a court source told Reuters news agency.

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