Minister of the Interior of Spain Fernando Grande-Marlaska. / Credit: Spain Ministry of the InteriorACI Prensa Staff, Feb 27, 2023 / 11:25 am (CNA).The Observatory for Religious and Conscience Freedom (OLRC) has reproached the Spanish government for its "silence and inaction" in the face of a jihadist attack perpetrated last month in Algeciras, a town on the southern end of the Iberian peninsula near the Strait of Gibraltar.The president of the OLRC, María García, sent a letter to the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, reproaching the lack of reaction to the direct attack on Catholics.García considers the "the silence and inaction" of the executive branch of government to be inexplicable in this case in which an individual of Moroccan origin, Yassin Kanjaa, attacked several churches in Algeciras in the Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta.In the course of the attack, sacristan Diego Valencia was murdered and Father Antonio Rodríguez, a Salesian priest, w
A man suspected of killing a church officer and injuring four others during a machete attack will be jailed until his trial for terrorism. The judge approved a request for no bail.
Spain’s National Court has ordered pre-trial imprisonment of a man suspected of killing a Catholic Church officer and injuring four more during a machete attack last week in the southern city of Algeciras
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".