TERROR cops tasered and shot a suspected jihadist who shouted Allahu Akbar after allegedly stabbing three people in a horrific street attack.
The 18-year-old suspect also reportedly tried to attack officers as he recited verses from the Quran after allegedly attacking people on the streets of Madrid in Spain.
The siege in the Madrid district of Puente de Vallecas ended with the teenager being shot and seriously injured by police after their Taser guns failed to stop him.
He was taken to the Spanish capital’s Gregorio Maranon Hospital where he was believed to remain under police guard this morning.
The attack took place on Saturday after cops were alerted about a man with a two-inch knife.
He is said to have stabbed an elderly lady who suffered injuries around her neck and two other men, one of whom suffered severe injuries in his chest.
The suspect’s brother rang the police to say he was holed up inside his home with a large knife and was acting very aggressively.
Cops are said to have categorised it as an “Islamist terrorist incident” and sent officers from an elite unit specialising in demonstration and anti-terrorist operations to surround the property.
The unnamed 18-year-old was tasered twice when officers managed to access the flat, but ended up being shot four times after attempting to attack the cops.
Authorities said: “We want to show all our support to the companions who acted to neutralise a radicalised young man who had attacked three other people.
“It was an absolutely proportionate response.”
The suspect was also described as being under the influence of drugs.
An investigation into the incident was ongoing today.
The stab victims received medical attention, but none of their injuries have been described as life-threatening.
It comes just days after an “Allahu Akbar” screaming driver ploughing into ten people on a holiday island.
Emergency services rushed to the scene of the “deliberate” attack, which saw a car carrying gas cannisters in its boot driven into the crowd.
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