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A British woman has been arrested after a top Spanish politician was shot in the face.<\/p>\n
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former head of the People’s Party, was gunned down by a gunman on a motorbike in a shocking assassination attempt in Madrid.<\/p>\n
The attack happened in Madrid, with the Brit allegedly being held alongside her partner, who is Spanish. A third person is also being held in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n
The arrests come after detectives were reportedly hunting a car after combing through CCTV of the victim’s movements days before the attack. Local reports claim the woman and her partner were arrested after a car was removed by cops near to an area where trees were about to be pruned.<\/p>\n
Mr Vidal-Quadras was shot in the face in broad daylight in Spain’s capital city on November 9.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Evil fraudster stole \u00a335k from work as staff ‘laid off because of her’<\/strong><\/p>\n The victim, former regional leader of the right-wing Popular Party in Catalonia before breaking away to help form the far-right Vox party, told police from his hospital bed he blamed Iran for the shooting because of his ties with the country\u2019s opposition.<\/p>\n Local media reports suggest the woman was held in Lanjaron, a spa town near the Aplujarras region, with her partner arrested with her.<\/p>\n The other arrest is understood to have taken place in the Costa del Sol resort of Fuengirola.<\/p>\n Earlier this morning, a spokesman for Spain\u2019s National Police said: \u201cI can confirm three people have been arrested by police in connection with the ongoing investigation into the shooting in Madrid earlier this month.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo are Spanish nationals. We are not in a position at this moment in time to confirm the nationality of the third person held.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo of the arrests took place in Granada and the other in the province of Malaga.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> The 78-year-old victim was targeted near his home by a man in a black helmet on the back of the motorbike, driven by an accomplice.<\/p>\n The controversial politician was among the first to be placed on Iran’s terrorist list due to his support for the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK), a group whose goal is to overthrow the Tehran regime.<\/p>\n He is also a member of the European Friends of Israel, a lobby group aiming to defend Israel’s interests within the European Union.<\/p>\n
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