Spanish police officer killed in clash with robbers

A shoot-out between Spanish police and two men allegedly trying to rob a bank left one officer dead and another wounded, police said today.

A Civil Guard spokesman said one of the suspects was also injured and was arrested, but the second escaped on foot.

The incident occurred outside a branch of the Caixa Galicia savings bank in the town of A Caniza, 370 miles north-west of Madrid at 6am local time (4am GMT).

The spokesman said police went to the scene after the bank’s alarm was set off.

The suspects did not get into the bank and no money was taken.

Police were searching the town and surrounding area to try to capture the missing man.