Shooting in Spain: politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras was injured after being shot on a street in Madrid

The Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadraswho was vice-president of the European Parliament and president of the Conservative People’s Party (PP) in Cataloniawas injured this Thursday in a shooting on a street in Madridpolice sources informed EFE.

#Assault with firearm in c/Núñez de Balboa, 40. #Salamanca.@SAMUR_PC stabilizes a 78-year-old man with a gunshot wound and transports him to a hospital in #Madrid.@police investigate. Collaborate @policiademadrid. pic.twitter.com/OZHJH866no

— Emergencies Madrid (@EmergenciasMad) November 9, 2023

Vidal-Quadras78 years old, presided over the conservative party in the Spanish region of Catalonia in the 1990s and then was an MEP until 2014, after which he briefly joined the Spanish far-right party Vox.

READ TOO: How the future of Gaza marks the first confrontation between Israel and the United States so far in the war with Hamas

These sources explained that Vidal Cuadras He was shot in the face at around 1:30 pm local time (12:30 GMT) on Central Street. Núñez de Balboa of the capital of Spain.

Police are looking for a person who fled on a motorcycle with a black helmet after shooting the politician.

O investigation It is run by a homicide unit and there are currently no arrests, these sources indicated.

The emergency service Samur-Civil Protection reported, in turn, that the injured man was conscious and was taken to a hospital in Madridwhile local police cordoned off the area.

Vidal-Quadras tplayed a notable role in Spanish politics, not only in Catalanuntil after a disagreement with the conservatives’ pact with Catalan nationalists to govern in Spain made him move to Brussels, where, in addition to being an MEP, he was vice-president of the European Chamber between 1999 and 2014.

Who left the PP last year, after thirty years as a party member, alleging a lack of internal democracy and disagreements with your national counciland joined the far right Voxalthough there was only one year of disagreements with the direction of this formation.

Source: Elcomercio

jack

I am Jack Morton and I work in 24 News Recorder. I mostly cover world news and I have also authored 24 news recorder. I find this work highly interesting and it allows me to keep up with current events happening around the world.