MADRID—A man was detained on Tuesday after attempting to cross the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla while threatening police with a knife.
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 he was brought down by police. One policeman was cut on the hand during the incident.
In close circuit television footage, the man, dressed in a blue shirt and white shorts, is seen walking across the border, waving the knife. Spanish police keep their distance before one officer runs up behind him and knocks him to the ground by striking him on the head with a white traffic bollard.
Police officers stop a man on the border at Beni Enzar between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, July 24, 2017 in this still image from a CCTV video obtained from social media. Interior Ministry via Reuters
