CCTV captures the dramatic moment police overpower a knife-wielding man as he attacks an officer shouting 'Allahu akbar' near the Spanish-Moroccan border
CCTV captures the dramatic moment police overpower a knife-wielding man as he attacks an officer shouting 'Allahu akbar' near the Spanish-Moroccan border
Dramatic CCTV footage shows policemen overpowering a knife-wielding man who attacked officers on the Spanish-Moroccan border.
It is understood he was shouting 'Allahu akbar' or 'God is greatest' as well as other Arabic chants at the time of his rampage, according to local reports.
The video shows police carrying riot shields and batons surrounding the attacker, who is wearing a blue top and cream shorts.
As one group distracts him, an officer picks up a red traffic barrier and throws it at the assailant's head, sending him crashing to the ground.
The remaining policemen then swarm around the downed attacker and promptly arrest him.
Spain's interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoido confirmed the attack in which one of the officers was injured.
He said: 'The police have arrested a man who attacked with a knife agents at the border crossing of Beni Ansar.'
The man, thought to be Moroccan, was detained near Melilla and detectives are now investigating.
Riot police swooped to arrest him after one of their colleagues was stabbed in the hand, according to El Pais.
The attack occurred at 7.45am when the knife-man ran though traffic bound for Beni Ansar near the crossing.
He ran towards the guarded fence and started threatening officers, injuring one, and was then brought down.
Dramatic CCTV footage shows policemen overpowering a knife-wielding man who attacked officers on the Spanish-Moroccan border.
It is understood he was shouting 'Allahu akbar' or 'God is greatest' as well as other Arabic chants at the time of his rampage, according to local reports.
The video shows police carrying riot shields and batons surrounding the attacker, who is wearing a blue top and cream shorts.
As one group distracts him, an officer picks up a red traffic barrier and throws it at the assailant's head, sending him crashing to the ground.
The remaining policemen then swarm around the downed attacker and promptly arrest him.
Spain's interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoido confirmed the attack in which one of the officers was injured.
He said: 'The police have arrested a man who attacked with a knife agents at the border crossing of Beni Ansar.'
The man, thought to be Moroccan, was detained near Melilla and detectives are now investigating.
Riot police swooped to arrest him after one of their colleagues was stabbed in the hand, according to El Pais.
The attack occurred at 7.45am when the knife-man ran though traffic bound for Beni Ansar near the crossing.
He ran towards the guarded fence and started threatening officers, injuring one, and was then brought down.
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