{"id":83296,"date":"2023-11-21T17:15:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/british-woman-among-three-arrested-over-shooting-of-far-right-politician-in-spain-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T17:15:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:15:20","slug":"british-woman-among-three-arrested-over-shooting-of-far-right-politician-in-spain-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/british-woman-among-three-arrested-over-shooting-of-far-right-politician-in-spain-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"British woman among three arrested over shooting of far-right politician in Spain | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A British woman is among three people who have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a far-right politician in Spain earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Alejandro Vidal-Quadras, who co-founded the Vox party, was shot in the face<\/strong> in the affluent Salamanca area of Madrid on 9 November.<\/p>\n

The 78-year-old, who also used to lead Spain’s<\/strong> centre-right People’s Party in Catalonia, remains in hospital.<\/p>\n

A Spanish man and his British partner were arrested in the city of Lanjaron in southern Spain, according to local media.<\/p>\n

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A man detained in Fuengirola, also a Spaniard, was arrested in connection with a motorbike used in the shooting.<\/p>\n

EFE and other media outlets said none of the three was suspected of having fired the shot that hit Mr Vidal-Quadras.<\/p>\n

The shooting is being treated as a possible terrorist attack.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, police said that Mr Vidal-Quadras had raised the possibility he was targeted because of his ties with Iran’s political opposition.<\/p>\n

Investigators were exploring a potential Iranian link but so far have no found evidence of one, police said.<\/p>\n

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Mr Vidal-Quadras has been aligned for decades with the Iranian opposition in exile.<\/p>\n

In January, Iran’s foreign ministry imposed sanctions on him and others with ties to the exiled opposition group known as the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, accusing them of “supporting terrorism and terrorist groups”.<\/p>\n

Mr Vidal-Quadras was an important member of Spain’s conservative Popular Party and a European Parliament member before he helped found Vox.<\/p>\n

He has not been active in politics for several years but maintained a public role as a media commentator and columnist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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