to cry “Death to Christians” and “God is great.“, Yasin Kanza, 25, hurled himself with a machete to attack two churches in Algeciras. This Moroccan, born in 1997, is alleged to have been the perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed 74-year-old Salesian pastor Antonio Rodríguez and injured four. Security forces are already investigating the incidents as a possible jihadist attack.
Kanza, who cannot be ruled out as a ‘lone wolf’, wore a black djellaba during the events; it’s a symbol that he didn’t mean to burn himself because he would wear white if he wanted to. Under this typical suit, he wore a black, gray, and white tracksuit.
‘El Confidencial’ says the arrested person is a regular at carnivals and Holy Week and runs a flower shop in the city of Cádiz. He was in spain on an irregular basis, so he was imprisoned awaiting deportation to their country. Despite Kanza not counted with police record He was targeted by the security forces because of his religious radicalization.
lived with two teenagers
Yasin Kanza lived with others two young people questioned but he was not arrested.
The National Police searched the house on Calle Seville, where the alleged jihadist lives, last night.
Kanza is currently awaiting transfer from police stations to Madrid and to be presented to the National Court of Investigation No. 6, where he will be deposed by adjudicator Joaquín Gadea, legal sources told EFE.
in total Spanish security forces detained 1,088 people We should add Kanza’s arrest for his association with jihadist terrorism since the 11M attacks in Madrid in 2004. According to the latest data of the Ministry of Interior, 961 of the 1,088 people detained for jihad crimes in 127 operations in Spain, and 128 in other countries during the 16 interventions in which the Spanish security forces participated, were arrested.
So far this year, security forces have arrested four in Spain and one abroad in two anti-jihad operations, not counting the person arrested yesterday in Algeciras.
Source: Informacion
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