Horror moment knifeman is shot dead at top Brit holiday airport after threatening terrified tourists and lunging at cops
THIS is the horrifying moment a knifeman is shot dead at a top Brit holiday airport.
The 18-year-old was shot five times at Gran Canaria Airport after going berserk and
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The 18-year-old was shot five times at Gran Canaria Airport
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The moment the knifeman knocks a police officer to the floor
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Moments after the knifeman was shot
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Terrified holidaymakers were seen running for cover as shots rang out during the Saturday afternoon incident at the airport.
Shocking footage shows the knifeman running at one of the five National Police officers trying to intercept him, with the cop falling to the ground as bystanders scrambled to safety.
The knifeman then tries to run into holidaymakers as cops continue to chase him.
He was then shot as he tried to attack the officer's colleagues who appeared to be warning him to desist before they opened fire.
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Court officials have confirmed one of the five bullets the teenager received hit him in the neck.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body remained at the location for over an hour as forensic and judicial teams documented the scene.
CCTV footage of the incident, which unfolded just before 5pm on Saturday, is being analysed by an investigating judge based in the Gran Canaria town of Telde.
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Overnight it emerged the unnamed aggressor had tried to board a flight to Gambia before going on the rampage, but was turned back after airport workers saw his ticket was for a plane due to take off on May 22.
He is said to have tried to force his way through airport control after being intercepted, setting off a scanner because of the knife he was carrying in his rucksack.
Ibon Dominguez, a spokesman for police union Jupol, has described the response of the officers who tackled the knifeman as 'proportional and congruent.'
He said: 'The man with the knife could easily have ended the lives of one of those policemen.'
Dismembered body of woman found on beach in Gran Canaria after texting friend she was 'going to a party'_1
The Canary Islands High Court of Justice said in its first full statement on the incident: 'A 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.
'At the moment the
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is compiling the images of the multiple camera recordings from outside and inside the airport in order to establish a reconstruction of the events.
'The man was shot five times, including once in the neck.
'The 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.
'He was 18 years old.'
Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) handled nearly 14 million passengers in 2023, with peak footfall during the winter and summer holidays.
The airport is one of Spain's busiest and a favourite destination for millions of British tourists.
The shocking incident happened in the ground-level zone used by both Global buses and taxis - a key area for arriving and departing travellers.
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Spanish National Police officers examine documents belonging to a man who was shot and killed by police during an intervention, outside Gran Canaria Airport
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Spanish National Police officers look at images on a mobile phone
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Spanish National Police officers walk outside Gran Canaria Airport, after a man was shot and killed by police during an intervention
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Spanish National Police officers guard the body of a man who was shot and killed by police
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