MADRID, July 25 (Reuters) - A man was detained on Tuesday after attacking a policeman on the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla with a large knife, a source from the local government said.
The man, believed to be Moroccan, approached the border at Beni Enzar at 7:35 a.m. and shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is Greatest) before the attack in which the policeman was cut on the hand.
The man was immediately arrested, the source said.
(Reporting by Raquel Castillo; Writing by Paul Day; Editing by Sonya Dowsett and Alison Williams) ((paul.e.day@thomsonreuters.com; +34 91 585 83 08; Reuters Messaging: paul.e.day.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The man, believed to be Moroccan, approached the border at Beni Enzar at 7:35 a.m. and shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is Greatest) before the attack in which the policeman was cut on the hand.
The man was immediately arrested, the source said.
(Reporting by Raquel Castillo; Writing by Paul Day; Editing by Sonya Dowsett and Alison Williams) ((paul.e.day@thomsonreuters.com; +34 91 585 83 08; Reuters Messaging: paul.e.day.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
