Minute of silence in Santiago for sub-inspector killed in explosion in Oviedo
Santiago de Compostela paid tribute to sub-inspector Juan José Rodríguez, who died on 10 November in Oviedo when a rucksack containing an explosive device detonated.
Tribute in Santiago to police officer killed in Oviedo after device explodes in building
Santiago de Compostela held a minute of silence on Thursday in memory of National Police sub-inspector Juan José Rodríguez Rodríguez, aged 65, according to diariodesantiago.es. The officer, known as 'Jota', died on 10 November during a police operation in Oviedo.
The Government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, and the National Police commissioner in Santiago, Nuria Palacios, took part in the ceremony. Both expressed their condolences to the officer's family and voiced their condemnation of the crime.
Rodríguez Rodríguez belonged to the Canine Unit. He died when a rucksack containing an explosive device detonated. The device had been located by officers in a building in the Villafría neighbourhood of Oviedo, which they had attended following a shooting incident in which a 17-year-old girl was wounded.
The police dog accompanying the sub-inspector also died in the explosion. A member of the TEDAX explosives unit was seriously injured in the same incident.
Source: Google News CL — Santiago