According to the report, this Monday the Spanish National Police detained three people in Malaga and Granada on suspicion of involvement in the assassination attempt on the former President of the People’s Party of Catalonia, Alejo Vidal Quadras. El Pais.
One of the detainees is a Spanish citizen who has been under surveillance by agents of the General Information Commission for several days because he is related to the motorcycle on which the perpetrators of the attack were transported.
According to sources close to the investigation, the arrests are related to the politician’s ties to the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which led police to believe that the attack on Alejo Vidal-Quadras had terrorist motives.
Authorities are searching for a fourth suspect, a French citizen of North African descent, police said. El Pais.
The former president of the People’s Party of Catalonia and founder of VOX was shot dead on November 9 around 13:30 in Madrid.