9 Nov, 2023 @ 16:07
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Manhunt for ‘professional’ who shot far-right politician in the face from the back of a moped in Spain: Sources suggest attack on Alejo Vidal-Quadras, 78, was ‘planned’

Alejo Vidal-Quadras was shot in the face in broad daylight outside his home in Madrid on November 9

A MANHUNT is underway after a right-wing politician was shot in the head on Thursday.

Alejo Vidal-Quadras, 78, received a bullet to the face at just before 2pm in the upmarket neighbourhood of Salamanca in Madrid.

Sources cited by Spanish press say a man on the back of a moped pulled up next to the politician on Calle Nuñez de Balboa.

Alejo Vidal-Quadras was shot in the face in broad daylight on Thursday

The passenger is then said to have pulled out a gun and shot Vidal-Quadras in the face before speeding off, reports Infobae España.

The victim was rushed to the Princesa Hospital following the incident.

According to Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, he was still conscious while enroute to the hospital.

Police are now working with the hypothesis that the shooter was a ‘professional’ and that the hit was ‘well planned’.

?Vidal-Quadras was president of the Partido Popular’s Catalonia branch from 1991 until 1996.

He was also one of the founders of the far-right political party Vox.

The Policia Nacional are heading up the investigation but the motive of the shooting remains unknown.

Emergency services report that they have managed to stabilise Vidal-Quadras, who remains at hospital.

Meanwhile, the scene of the shooting has been cordoned off by police.

?The shooting came just hours after the politician tweeted his opinion on the agreement between the PSOE and the Junts party, which paved the way for caretaker prime minister Pedro Sanchez to enjoy another term.

He wrote: “The infamous pact between Sánchez and Puigdemont has already been agreed upon, which crushes the rule of law in Spain and ends the separation of powers. Our Nation will thus cease to be a liberal democracy and become a totalitarian tyranny. We Spaniards will not allow it.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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