An Islamist terrorist rampaged through two Catholic churches in southern Spain, murdering a sacristan and wounding a priest with a machete.

The attacker first entered the Church of St Isidore of Algeciras and seriously injured Fr Antonio Rodriguez, 74, the parish priest.

He then went to the nearby Church of Our Lady of La Palma and began to vandalise the interior.

According to witnesses the man yelled “Allah is great” while knocking down crosses, candles, and decorations.

He chased Diego Valencia, the sacristan, outside when challenged and told to leave, knocked him to the floor and repeatedly stabbed him in the abdomen.