The alleged perpetrator of the machete attack on Wednesday against two churches in Algeciras (southern Spain) has been formally accused of “
terrorism
” and will be placed in pre-trial detention, Spanish justice announced on Monday January 30.
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Yassine Kanjaa, a 25-year-old Moroccan, will be imprisoned for acts
of "murder and injury for terrorist purposes
", said in a press release the National Audience, the Madrid court responsible in particular for terrorism cases.