Three detained in anti-terror probe into Spanish politician's shooting

FILE PHOTO: Police work at the site where Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former head of Spain's People's Party in the Catalonia region, was shot in the face, in Madrid, Spain, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish police on Tuesday detained three people as part of an anti-terror investigation into the shooting of the former head of Spain's conservative People's Party in Catalonia on a busy Madrid street 12 days ago.

One of the suspects was arrested in the southern port city of Malaga and the other two in Granada, a police source told Reuters, confirming early reports from news website El Confidencial and radio station Cadena SER.