Spanish police arrested three people. two Spaniards and one British, allegedly related to a politician being shot in the face Alejo Vidal-Quadras November 9, although no one is believed to be the material author of the attack, the agency was told on Tuesday EFE police sources.

These sources indicated that the arrests took place in the cities of Granada and Fuengirola, in the south of Spain.

A married couple was detained in Granada, he is Spanish, she is British, and in Fuengirola a man of Spanish citizenship, although Investigators have linked only two men to the shooting. without disclosing further details.

However, sources close to the investigation noted that Man detained in Fuengirola could be linked to motorcycle used in an attack on a Spanish politician.

The arrests were made at dawn local time. agents of the Information Commissioner General who followed the suspects for several days.

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Vidal-Quadras, 78 years old, He was shot in the face near his home in Madrid. one of the attackers, who fled on a motorcycle with the other.

Spanish National Court Judge Francisco de Jorge has taken over the investigation into the shooting. treat it as a crime of terrorismgiven the possibility that an organization associated with the Iranian regime is responsible.

Vidal-Quadras himself told the police that Tehran regime may be behind the shooting because of his ties to that country’s opposition.

The politician was the president conservative People’s Party in the Spanish region of Catalonia, Vice-President of the European Parliament and one of the founders of the far-right party Vox in Spain.

(EFE)