{"id":114175,"date":"2025-05-19T11:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114175\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:15:09","slug":"gran-canaria-airport-attack-knife-wielding-teenager-shot-dead-by-police-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114175\/","title":{"rendered":"Gran Canaria airport attack: \u2018Knife-wielding\u2019 teenager shot dead by police | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\tThe teenager surrounded by police at Gran Canaria Airport (Picture: Solarpix.com)<\/p>\n

A teenager was shot dead by police at Gran Canaria airport after allegedly threatening holidaymakers<\/a> with a \u2018large\u2019 knife.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old Gambian, who reportedly also attacked and tried to rob a taxi driver, was shot five times at the Canary Islands<\/a> airport on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Video footage of the chaotic scenes has now emerged and shows the young man running at one of five Spanish National Police officers trying to stop him as members of the public sprint for cover. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s then thought he tried to attack the officer\u2019s colleagues who appeared to be warning him to desist. Shortly after shots were fired and he was killed.<\/p>\n

According to court officials, one of five bullets struck him in the neck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

The teenager allegedly tried to board a flight to Gambia before the rampage, but was turned away after airport staff saw his ticket was for a flight on Thursday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s said he then attempted to force his way through airport control, setting off a security scanner due to the knife he apparently had in his rucksack.<\/p>\n

Ibon Dominguez, a spokesman for police union Jupol, called the officers\u2019 response to the incident \u2018proportional and congruent\u2019.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Spanish
\n\t\tSpanish National Police with the body of the young man who was shot dead (Picture: Reuters)<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Man
\n\t\tShortly after the suspect is shot (Picture: Solarpix.com)<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018The man with the knife could easily have ended the lives of one of those policemen.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Canary Islands High Court of Justice said in a statement: \u2018A duty court in Telde has been investigating the circumstances in which a person who was shot by the police died on Saturday in the airport area.<\/p>\n

\u2018At the moment the court is compiling the images of the multiple camera recordings from outside and inside the airport in order to establish a reconstruction of the events.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Spanish
\n\t\tForensic officers at the scene (Credits: Reuters)<\/p>\n

\u2018The man was shot five times, including once in the neck.<\/p>\n

\u2018The videos show that the deceased was apparently out of his mind and carrying a large knife and after attacking a taxi driver he felled a police officer and tried to knock down another, and was wandering around armed in an area with a large number of people, creating a real danger for their physical integrity.<\/p>\n

\u2018He was 18 years old.\u2019<\/p>\n

The frightening incident happened the day before thousands of residents on the Canary Islands took to the streets to protest against mass\u00a0tourism. <\/a><\/p>\n

They gathered on the seven main islands of\u00a0Gran Canaria, Tenerife<\/a>,Fuerteventura, El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera and Lanzarote yesterday. <\/p>\n

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