The incident occurred in the Salamanca neighborhood last Thursday.
According to the ABC edition, an unknown killer attacked Spanish politician Alejo Vidal Cuadras with a gun right in the center of Madrid. The wounded politician was taken to the hospital conscious.
Eyewitnesses claim that the shooter was not alone. Immediately after the assassination attempt, the man ran to a black Yamaha motorcycle, on which together with an accomplice fled the scene.
The police are clarifying the motives of the attacker. The victim himself put forward a version that the reason for the attack was his support for Iran's opponents. Experts do not exclude the revenge of some of the enemies of the politician for personal reasons.
It is known that 78-year-old Vidal Cuadras was the head of the conservative Popular Party (PP) of Catalonia from 1991 to 1996. In 2014, he abruptly changed his views and became a member of the extreme right-wing party "Vox".
Earlier it became known that in Odessa region a man dressed in military uniform threw a grenade into a truck.