Police said Vidal-Quadras was attacked at around 1.30pm local time near his home and that he was conscious when taken to a hospital by emergency crews.
- The former head of Spain’s centre-right People’s Party in the Catalonia region was shot in the face in broad daylight in the Spanish capital of Madrid on Thursday, police said.
A motive for the shooting wasn’t immediately disclosed.According to Spanish state news agency EFE, police believe the shooter fled the scene on a motorbike, wearing a black helmet. Vidal-Quadras, 78, was a long-time member of Spain’s conservative Popular Party, its regional leader in Catalonia, and a European Parliament member before leaving after three decades when he fell out with then-Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.After he broke away, he helped found the far-right Vox party. He left Vox shortly after a failed attempt to win a European lawmaker seat in 2014.“Thank God it seems that Alejandro Vidal-Quadras is out of danger,” Vox President Santiago Abascal said.
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