Police consider Iran could also be linked to the tried homicide of the previous head of Spain’s Folks’s Celebration in Catalonia.
Alejo Vidal-Quadras was shot within the face whereas within the Salamanca area of Madrid on Thursday round 1:30 p.m. He was later taken to the hospital the place he’s nonetheless recovering.
A police supply with inside data on the investigation advised The Related Press that 76-year-old Vidal-Quadras, whereas recovering within the hospital, theorized the gunmen may very well be linked to Iran.
CENTER-RIGHT POLITICIAN SHOT IN THE FACE IN SPAIN
Vice President of the European Parliament Alejo Vidal-Quadras gestures whereas speaking to the media on the European Parliament in Brussels. (AP Picture/Thierry Charlier, File)
The Iranian overseas ministry beforehand positioned sanctions on Vidal-Quadras on account of his relationship with Iran’s opposition-in-exile, the Folks’s Mujahedin of Iran.
Police say they don’t have any proof the Iranian authorities was concerned within the assassination try, however they’re trying into the idea as one in all a number of potential motives.
Two males seen on a Yamaha motorbike are believed to be related to the assassination try.
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Paramedics cowl the view of an ambulance parked on the positioning of a taking pictures in Madrid. Spanish police say that veteran Spanish right-wing politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras has been taken to a hospital in Madrid after being shot in a road within the capital. (Madrid Emergency Service through AP)
The person who shot Vidal-Quadras dismounted the black bike and pulled the gun whereas his face was obscured by a helmet. Each males escaped on the automobile following the assault.
The only gunshot fractured Vidal-Quadras’s jawbone however is just not believed to be life-threatening.
The scene of the taking pictures has been roped off by authorities, and no suspects have been arrested but.
A police officer cordons off the realm after the taking pictures of Alejo Vidal-Quadras. Police stated that he was shot within the face on a central road round 1:30 p.m. native time and was acutely aware when taken to a hospital. (AP Picture/Andrea Comas)
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The remnants of a burnt motorbike have been later discovered exterior town.
Vidal-Quadras is a former member of the right-wing In style Celebration. He later broke off from the In style Celebration after three many years with the group on account of a falling out with then-Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, founding the Vox Celebration. He left Vox in 2014.
Authorities are checking surveillance footage and soliciting witness accounts in an try and establish the shooter.