there was more than one Two years preparing to kill in Spain; the other was convinced and did it in just a month. someone lived Girona and another Algeciras. Someone had a partner, someone didn’t. They didn’t know each other but the last two jihadists detained by The National Police has a common obsession with homosexuals and LGTBI groups.
The duo, who killed in Algeciras and would kill in Catalonia or Benidorm, openly expressed their hatred for homosexuals as symbols of a sinful society. your messages and phone numbers What CASO ABIERTO, the investigation and events channel of Prensa Ibérica, learned. “I hope the worm gets in your guts”said Yassine Kanjaa, the murderer of the priest of Algeciras.
“Everyone who lives here, many nations“The jihadist added in another message. Kanjaa was radicalized in just a month. He started by listening to music from the Qur’an.
In the version of the holy book for Muslims, as in the Bible, the incident of Lot mentioned by this terrorist, Hz. Sodoma and Gomorrah, cities of sin that deserve to be destroyed by the vices of their inhabitants. In the Qur’an, Lot was sent there to warn the people of Sodom that they sinned as homosexuals and that they would be punished. God as God in the Bible, results in the destruction of the city.
“Death to the Christians”
In Algeciras, on January 25 in Kanjaa, “Death to Christians” He killed a priest and injured four more before he was arrested. Police and civil guards were arrested in Girona the day after the attack in Algeciras Fethullah Benhakem27-year-old Moroccan-born Spanish national. Investigative sources highlight Benhachem’s “obsession” with let’s see and hear to punish, like the Algeciras criminal.a certain part of the population“, referring to homosexuals and LGTBI groups.
It’s not the first time security forces have identified homosexuals as targets of jihadists in Spain. On August 12, 2017, five days before the event Attack on Las Ramblas in BarcelonaMembers of the cell searched on google: “Sitges gay nightclubs” and “the biggest gay clubs in Sitges”. In its report on the attacks, Mossos d’Esquadra warned that these homophobic targets would be “fully in line with the Islamic State terrorist organization’s guidelines”.
As a matter of fact, ISIS stoned many homosexuals in Syria, the first of which was on November 25, 2014. On June 12, 2016, in Orlando (USA), a jihadist entered the Pulse nightclub, which is hugely popular with the LGTBI community in the area. He opened fire with an assault weapon, killing 49 people.
This The two jihadists detained in Spain last month do not know each other or have had any contact. In addition to their desire to kill, what they have in common is that their hatred of Western society, which they view as “haram” (impure or sinful), is symbolized in what they see as tolerance towards homosexuality. both are young two of them were born in Morocco, but his biography was very different.
The Girona jihadist came as a child, got citizenship and had a girlfriend, a woman from Eastern Europe; He crossed the Bosphorus from Algeciras in a boat.
Girona jihadist Benhachem came to Spain with his family as a child and obtained citizenship. regular cannabis userBenhachem had a stable partner with whom he lived. Eastern European woman, several years older which is. The woman, who has a stable job, still defends her, even though investigators have confirmed that it is a crime while they watch her. “toxic” relationship With the feature of being a “gender-based violence book”.
He had an occasional job at an airline and for more than two years began to radicalize in violent Islam. “It was years of radicalization. His daily life was to stand up, take drugs, consume and see. jihadist material “On the Internet,” the sources of the investigation emphasize. There, he specifically resorted to killing methods. He even obsessively watched videos on how to stab, attack with knives, and avoid police attacks hours before he was arrested.
bathers
In one of the speeches, Benhachem draws attention to his intention. washed up with a group of machine guns On the beaches of Benidorm. But he is particularly obsessed with homosexuals, “a population group.” He had downloaded a manual to his cell phone for making TATP, the explosive they call the jihadists, at home. devil’s mother That it was he who detonated the terrorists who carried out the attacks on the Ramblas and Cambrils in 2017.
Algeciras assassin Yassine Kanjaa was not under the radar of the intelligence services. Until just 40 days before the killing, Kanjaa continued to live. haram, sin. “There is a moment in your life when he decides to leave life and move to halal life., pure. Adopt Islamic doctrine. “We have not identified any specific event in his personal or family life that triggered this change,” investigative sources said, emphasizing CASO ABIERTO.
Kanjaa tried to reach Spain twice as an adult. First, on a motorcycle, Arrested in Gibraltar and returned to his country. Secondly, it is certain that a used inflatable boat To reach Algeciras beach. In both Morocco and Spain agreement marijuana, without any known Islamic connection.
Highlights of the jihadist
Unlike the Girona jihadist, in his case everything happened very quickly. He began to listen and speak the Quran aloud. from “end of the world”assured that it was close. He began to frequently visit mosques near his home, where he did not attract attention. He stopped smoking, drinking and using drugs. In recent weeks, he has banned smoking or alcoholic colleagues from entering the squat where he lives. consumed the speeches of radical preachers such as Khaled al-RashidDetained in Saudi Arabia and closely followed by terrorists in Catalonia.
Kanjaa, with such a rapid conversion to terror did not follow some of the rituals of the most educated jihadists. He did not say goodbye to his mother, did not record a video describing his action, did not pledge allegiance to any Islamist group, did not shave his body before killing… highlights jihadism: kill and eternal lifeInvestigators have already identified the “unofficial” and “prudent” channels through which Kanjaa receives messages of support, praise and joy for his crime.
killer’s mind
The very different and very talented jihadists of Girona and Algeciras share one last feature, the enigma of their sanity. They are not mentally ill, at least not before they were diagnosed as such. Benhachem, who was imprisoned in Girona, “smart” person albeit undecided. According to investigative sources, Algeciras’ murderer Kanjaa never received psychiatric treatment either in his home country or in Spain.
The two forensic experts who examined him once he was imprisoned admission to prison psychiatry waiting for a definitive report on his mental state. Judge Joaquín Gadea authorized this transfer on Tuesday, April 4th. Despite this nebula about the murderer’s sanity, the judge insists that his crime was committed in his final order. an act of terrorism.
Newspaper Country An enhanced portion of Kanjaa’s testimony before a judge at the National Court on January 30. Algeciras’ killer showed no remorse or empathy for his victims in front of the judge. Associated the attacked with “Satan” He said he plans to “pull more people off the road” if he’s released.