{"id":216771,"date":"2023-11-21T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216771"},"modified":"2023-11-21T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:09:02","slug":"british-woman-arrested-after-politician-shot-in-horror-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/british-woman-arrested-after-politician-shot-in-horror-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"British woman arrested after politician shot in horror assassination attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/5077482.jpg?r=1700573183187\"><\/p>\n<p>A British woman has been arrested after a top Spanish politician was shot in the face.<\/p>\n<p>Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former head of the People&#8217;s Party, was gunned down by a gunman on a motorbike in a shocking assassination attempt in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The attack happened in Madrid, with the Brit allegedly being held alongside her partner, who is Spanish. A third person is also being held in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests come after detectives were reportedly hunting a car after combing through CCTV of the victim&#8217;s movements days before the attack. Local reports claim the woman and her partner were arrested after a car was removed by cops near to an area where trees were about to be pruned.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Vidal-Quadras was shot in the face in broad daylight in Spain&#8217;s capital city on November 9.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> READ MORE: <\/strong> <strong>Evil fraudster stole \u00a335k from work as staff &#8216;laid off because of her&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The victim, former regional leader of the right-wing Popular Party in Catalonia before breaking away to help form the far-right Vox party, told police from his hospital bed he blamed Iran for the shooting because of his ties with the country\u2019s opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reports suggest the woman was held in Lanjaron, a spa town near the Aplujarras region, with her partner arrested with her.<\/p>\n<p>The other arrest is understood to have taken place in the Costa del Sol resort of Fuengirola.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this morning, a spokesman for Spain\u2019s National Police said: \u201cI can confirm three people have been arrested by police in connection with the ongoing investigation into the shooting in Madrid earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo are Spanish nationals. We are not in a position at this moment in time to confirm the nationality of the third person held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo of the arrests took place in Granada and the other in the province of Malaga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Hundreds of Italian mafia members jailed for huge 2,200 years in &#8216;maxi trial'[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>\u2018My dream is to cross the Channel in a small boat to work in a UK drug farm'[EXCLUSIVE] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>&#8216;Burglary tourists&#8217; raiding British homes after entering UK on tourist visas[INSIGHT] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old victim was targeted near his home by a man in a black helmet on the back of the motorbike, driven by an accomplice.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial politician was among the first to be placed on Iran&#8217;s terrorist list due to his support for the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK), a group whose goal is to overthrow the Tehran regime.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a member of the European Friends of Israel, a lobby group aiming to defend Israel&#8217;s interests within the European Union.<\/p>\n<p><span>Spanish investigators have yet to comment on a possible motive for the shooting, with no other information on the woman arrested other than she is British.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Spanish investigators have yet to comment on a possible motive for the shooting<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1837403\/british-woman-arrested-alejo-vidal-quadras-assassination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British woman has been arrested after a top Spanish politician was shot in the face. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former head of the People&#8217;s Party, was gunned down by a gunman on a motorbike in a shocking assassination attempt in Madrid. The attack happened in Madrid, with the Brit allegedly being held alongside her partner, who is Spanish. 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