An abandoned suitcase triggered a major police operation near Malaga’s Muelle Heredia bus station on Tuesday.

The wheeled suitcase was spotted near the junction of Avenida Manuel Agustin Heredia and Calle Cordoba.

Policia Nacional officers cordoned off the area and called in bomb disposal specialists and police dog teams, reports La Opinion de Malaga.

Local police diverted traffic and kept pedestrians away from the cordon.

Closures began at 1.15pm and affected Calle Salitre, Paseo de los Curas, Muelle Heredia, Avenida Jose Maria Garnica and Callejones del Perchel.

The false alarm came hours after an explosion in Oviedo killed a Policia Nacional officer and seriously injured another.

Police had been called to the city’s Villafria neighbourhood after a young woman was wounded in a shooting, according to local newspapers El Comercio and La Voz de Asturias.

Residents alerted emergency services after hearing several shots shortly after 7am, regional broadcaster TPA reported.

Officers responding to the shooting found a suspicious backpack inside a building on Calle Rafael Urrusti.

The device inside the backpack exploded at around 9am as members of the police bomb disposal unit were preparing to inspect it, according to local reports.

An officer from the police dog unit was killed. A bomb disposal officer was seriously injured and had to have a leg amputated.