(AFP) A Spanish court on Monday opened a terrorism trial against a Moroccan man suspected of killing a church official in machete attacks on two churches in 2023 that horrified the country.
Prosecutors are seeking 50 years in jail for Yassine Kanjaa, charged with terrorist murder for allegedly killing a sacristan and with attempted terrorist murder after the attacks in the southern port city of Algeciras.
On January 25, 2023, the suspect “took a large machete” from his home in Algeciras and punched a 20-year-old student in the street, prosecutors said in their 2024 indictment.
He then allegedly entered the San Isidro church during a mass, badly wounding the officiating 75-year-old priest in the neck with the machete.
