This BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45244739 would be of interest but it's hidden away and I only found it because I was alerted to it.
'A man wielding a large knife and shouting in Arabic targeted officers on Monday at a police station south of Barcelona, in what police are calling a terrorist attack.
The attacker, said to be 29 and of Algerian origin, was shot dead as he lunged towards officers, said police.
Spain's north-east Catalan region has been marking the anniversary of the 2017 jihadist attack on Barcelona.
However, police said they had found no evidence the incidents were linked.
The attacker, identified locally as Abdelouahab Taib, approached the police station in the town of Cornellà de Llobregat at 05:52 (03:52 GMT) on Monday, buzzing the intercom and demanding to be allowed in.
When a woman officer behind a reception window opened the door, the man lunged at her "with a clear intent to kill", Police Commissioner Rafel Comes told reporters.
The man shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) as he rushed forward.'
Odd that the BBC say that "police are calling a terrorist attack" but the headline calls the perpetrator an "attacker".
I was alerted to this news article by the wonderful http://isthebbcbiased.blogspot.com/2018/08/its-same-old-story.html who show how Sky and ITV news give the story a prominence that the BBC don't. Why do the BBC minimise coverage of this attack? I think we all know.
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