Thu Nov 9, 2023 – 6:57 pm ESTThu Nov 9, 2023 – 11:08 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) —The co-founder of Spain’s right-wing Vox party was shot in the face on Thursday while reportedly on the way to protest the socialist government’s decision to issue amnesty for separatist leaders.
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, 78, was “rushed” to the hospital in critical condition, “but is expected to survive,” Human Events reported.
He was shot while leaving his home in Madrid in an incident that is said to involve multiple assailants. One of the attackers was described by a witness as a “young, small man” who was “loitering” near Vidal-Quadras’ home.
The man, who fled the scene on a motorcycle, remains at large.
Visegrád 24 reported that Vidal-Quadras “was about to protest against” the decision of Spain’s government, led by socialist acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez, to issue amnesty for separatist leaders.”
The news outlet shared a video Thursday of police “charging” right-wing Spaniards protesting the Sanchez government’s decision to grant amnesty to the politicians and activists “behind the illegal 2017 Catalan independence referendum.”
Vox Party president Santiago Abascal said regarding the attack on Quadras that it is “too early to make
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