Spanish authorities announced on Wednesday, June 19, that another suspect related to the shooting of Alejo Vidal-Quadras, the former leader of the People’s Party of Catalonia, has been arrested in the Netherlands.
The suspect, a Frenchman with Tunisian citizenship, has a criminal record and, according to the Spanish police, is the sixth person to be arrested in connection with this assassination attempt. Another suspect was arrested in Colombia.
The arrest of the suspect in the Netherlands was carried out based on an international warrant issued by the Spanish court. Spanish police had identified the suspect using CCTV footage from the area.
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, who was Vice President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014, was attacked in Madrid in November last year. He firmly believes that the “Iranian regime” is responsible for this act.
Vidal-Quadras, who has close ties with the National Council of Resistance of Iran, has decisively said the Iranian regime is involved in this assassination attempt. He confidently states that the “Iranian regime” was behind this attack.
Alejo Vidal-Quadras was attacked in Madrid in November 2023 and strongly believes that the “Iranian regime” is responsible for this action.
Vidal-Quadras, 79, was shot while walking last November, resulting in a broken jaw and a bullet passing close to his neck and brain.
The Iranian regime had placed Vidal-Quadras and several other supporters of the Iranian resistance on the sanctions blacklist in October 2022.
Among these officials are Steve McCabe, Bob Blackman, and Theresa Villiers, members of the UK House of Commons, as well as U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, General George William Casey, and former U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
