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Attack on churches in Spain: the suspect had an expulsion order from the country

The attack took place in the Algeciras area. | Font: AFP

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Suspect in attack on two churches in St. Algeciras (South), which on Wednesday killed a sacristan and wounded a priest, was expelled from Spain due to his unsettled immigration status, but he had no criminal record, the Home Office said.

“An expulsion case for an unsettled situation was initiated last June” against the suspect, a 25-year-old Moroccan, “an administrative procedure (…) the execution of which is not immediate,” a ministry spokesman explained in the release. ministry journalists.

“The detainee has no previous convictions for terrorism or Spain nor in other allied countries,” added the spokesman, who assured that the suspect had not been under police surveillance “neither in recent days nor before.”

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The ministry said the suspect’s home was searched early Thursday morning and that “all items seized” were being analyzed.

According to a number of Spanish media reports, the alleged attacker lived close to the churches where the events were recorded, in the center Algecirasdistrict of Andalusia.

The court opened a criminal case alleged terrorism, but so far the government of socialist Pedro Sanchez has refused to describe the nature of events. (AFP)


Source: RPP

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