Yassine Kanjaa lived in a busy home in Algeciras with a number of companions: “A number of months in the past he modified his method of being”

Kanjaa, born on October 6, 1997, had arrived in Spain a couple of days earlier than being recognized and didn’t have a residence allow. An expulsion file was opened for him, in accordance with his police file, however the deportation was by no means carried out. “The lack of collaboration with the Moroccan authorities causes these processes to come back to a standstill,” says the chief prosecutor of Algeciras, Juan Cisneros. In this case, he didn’t even set foot in a overseas detention middle (CIE), a step previous to expulsion.

Since his arrival in Spain, he lived on the bottom flooring of a squatter home stuffed with grime and moved in drug environments. In this home, on the primary flooring, fellow North Africans additionally reside, though they didn’t have an in depth relationship with him, they spoke every so often. One of them is known as Aimar and he says that a couple of months in the past Yassine Kanjaa had modified his method of being. “He used to get upset so much and never earlier than,” he recounts. At one level, days in the past, they got here to see the machete, the weapon he used for the homicide, and after they requested him what he was doing with it, he replied: “It’s none of your small business, it is for some individuals who hassle, I’ll take the life”. The arrested man was underneath police scrutiny for being a battle however, at no time, had he been linked to jihadism or radicalization. According to the sources, he had had a dialogue with neighbors however nothing to counsel that he might perform what occurred.

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Are we speaking about ‘Lone Wolf’? “This is what the police and judicial investigation should make clear, though there’s minimal premeditation,” says the chief prosecutor of Algeciras. “He knew the schedules of the plenty, he has chosen close by church buildings for what, a minimal planning, he did have. Whether he did it alone or with somebody should be seen, ”he factors out. For the second, in his social networks and within the info of the cell phone he isn’t associated to a big group, “which in a sure method is reassuring,” says Juan Cisneros.

Yassine Kanjaa stays in Algeciras and might be transferred within the subsequent few hours to the headquarters of the General Information Police Station within the Canillas police middle in Madrid, to be questioned by the anti-terrorist companies earlier than being handed over to Judge Manuel García-Castellón to weekends. In addition, the investigation is intently monitoring different individuals who could have been radicalized in Campo de Gibraltar.