Suspect in Spain machete attacks on churches jailed on remand


  • World
  • Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023

FILE PHOTO: Candles are seen after two churches were attacked, with a 25-year-old Moroccan man identified as a suspect by the police, in Algeciras, Spain January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - The suspect of machete attacks on two churches in southern Spain last week has been imprisoned on remand, Spain's High Court ordered on Monday, describing his actions as a "targeted jihadist attack".

Moroccan national Yassin Kanjaa, 25, faces at least one count of "aggravated murder with terrorist intent" and several aggravated bodily harm charges after he allegedly killed a sacristan and injured four people in the city of Algeciras on Jan. 25, the High Court said in a statement.

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