An arrestee after wounding a local police officer with two shots in Palma de Mallorca

A local police officer in Palma was injured tonight by two shots fired by a man, who was arrested at the same moment, when a group of people confronted some officers who had come to order the removal of a barbecue organized in the street.

The event occurred around 8:00 p.m., at the confluence of Felipe II and Infant Pagà streets, in the Palma neighborhood of Camp Redó, where Local Police officers responded to a citizen's report due to the inconvenience caused by a barbecue, reported the National Police, which has taken over the investigation.

The group of people who had organized the barbecue confronted the agents and threw stones and other objects at them.

When the police proceeded to arrest one of those involved, for attacking authority, another of the members of the mob took away one of their service weapons and fired two shots at him, hitting him in the thigh. The aggressor has been subdued and detained.

The injured police officer has been treated by emergency services and taken to Son Espases Hospital.

According to Palma City Council, the Local Police agent is stable and out of danger.