2023-04-27 10:37:00
April 27, 2023 / 3:37 a.m.
The author of the jihadist attack perpetrated on January 25 in Algeciras (Spain), Yassine Kanjaa, told a parishioner “the Christian faith is negative and must be eliminated” according to the testimony of the priest who was injured in the attack.
A report from the General Information Commission of the National Police also states that, according to Fr. Antonio Rodríguez Lucena, the attacker was not provoked: “Nobody did anything that could bother him.”
The document, to which the agency has had access Europa Pressdetails that the attack began at 6:30 p.m. (local time) when Kanjaa entered the local Church of San Isidro and began to argue with the parishioners.
At this point, he affirmed “vehemently” that “the only religion that must be followed is the Islamic religion”, according to the testimony of the surviving priest. After affirming his desire to eliminate the Christian faith.
According to the testimony of the sacristana, the attacker also took a Bible and hit it repeatedly. The woman confronted the man, rescued the holy book, and told him to go away.
At 19:00 the subject returned to the surroundings of the temple. The faithful who attended mass could hear how he vociferated in Arabic. Father Rodríguez, after the mass, wanted to see what was happening.
At that moment, “the person under investigation, carrying a large machete in his hand and suddenly, attacked the priest causing serious injuries,” the report states.
The presbyter described in his statement that “a man dressed in black entered who was heading towards the altar without saying anything.” There he waited for him with the idea of having a free way to escape. White weapon.
When the priest tried to run away, he stumbled and felt the weapon hit him. The parishioners covered the wound and closed the door so that the attacker could not enter the temple again.
The weapon, according to another witness, was “a large blue machete.”
After this attack, Yassine Kanjaa went to another temple located about 200 meters away. Along the way, he was confronted by a Moroccan passerby whom he punched.
Upon arriving at the Church of the Virgen de la Palma where he noticed the presence of the sacristan Diego Valencia, who was leaving through a back door of the temple.
There he deals several initial blows with his weapon until “raising his gaze to heaven and shouting a few words in Arabic, among which ‘Allah’ is heard, he deals him one last fatal blow.”
According to a witness, Diego Valencia tried to defend himself with a chair and asked for the police to be called. Shortly after the attacker was arrested.
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