During the dispute, a young woman was shot and injured by a ​man in the early hours on Tuesday, ⁠a spokesperson ⁠for the local ⁠council ​said, adding that she was no longer in ​danger, Reuters reported.

Police union ⁠JUPOL said in a statement the officer who died was a member of the canine unit of the ⁠National Police, while the injured officer, belonging to ⁠the bomb disposal unit, remained in a very serious condition after losing a leg.

The union said that upon arriving at the scene of the shooting on the outskirts of Oviedo, police found a backpack at the building's ⁠entrance containing an explosive device, which detonated as officers took it away from the building to defuse it.