{"id":139393,"date":"2021-09-21T19:17:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=139393"},"modified":"2021-09-21T19:17:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:17:29","slug":"judge-launches-probe-into-driver-who-smashed-car-into-spanish-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/judge-launches-probe-into-driver-who-smashed-car-into-spanish-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge launches probe into driver who smashed car into Spanish bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Judge launches probe into Moroccan driver &#8216;who wrote a suicide note, stabbed himself and said farewell prayers&#8217; before smashing his car into a Spanish bar terrace killing himself and a British woman&#8217;s husband amid fears it was a terror attack<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The motorist killed himself and a South American man in the crash on Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Initial reports say the motorist had suffered stab wounds, but an autopsy revealed the wounds were self-inflicted, leading to suspicions of terrorism<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Investigators discovered a suicide note suggesting the attack was premeditated<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The incident took place at a bar and restaurant in Roldan in south-eastern Spain<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Spanish judge has launched a probe to determine whether a driver who killed himself and the husband of a British woman after smashing into a Spanish bar terrace was a terrorist.<\/p>\n<p>A Ecuadorian man, who was at dinner with his British wife at Honey&#8217;s Bar in Roldan, died from injuries he sustained when the unnamed 30-year-old driver ploughed into the side of the bar&#8217;s terrace last Friday in the south-east Spanish province of Murcia.<\/p>\n<p>It was initially reported the driver blamed for the crash had been stabbed in an unrelated incident earlier and had lost control of his vehicle because of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>But it emerged on Tuesday that a judge at Spain&#8217;s Audiencia Court in Madrid is looking into whether the perpetrator was a terrorist after an autopsy revealed that the dead motorist&#8217;s wounds were self-inflicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local reports say investigators discovered a suicide note pointing to the &#8216;accident&#8217; being a deliberate act of violence after paramedics and police raced to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Mental illness is also being considered as a possible reason for the attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/21\/18\/48207351-10013821-image-a-4_1632244168950.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A Ecuadorian man, who was at dinner with his British wife at Honey&#8217;s Bar in Roldan, lost his life when the unnamed 30-year-old driver ploughed into the side of the bar&#8217;s terrace last Friday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/21\/18\/48207363-10013821-image-a-5_1632244172922.jpg\" height=\"340\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A Spanish judge has launched a probe to determine whether a driver who killed himself and the husband of a British woman after smashing into a Spanish bar terrace was a terrorist<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/21\/19\/48207365-10013821-Local_reports_say_investigators_discovered_a_suicide_note_pointi-a-13_1632247854085.jpg\" height=\"1111\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Local reports say investigators discovered a suicide note pointing to the &#8216;accident&#8217; being a deliberate act of violence after paramedics and police raced to the scene<\/p>\n<p>Local Alberto Rodriguez, who spoke to Spanish media after witnessing the incident said: &#8216;It was like being in a film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The car mounted the pavement at great speed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There were about six customers and waiters. The vehicle destroyed almost everything in its path. It&#8217;s been a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My wife tried to save the life of the diner who ended up on the ground but there was nothing she could do.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The unnamed Moroccan lived alone in a flat in the municipality of Torre Pacheco and nothing was found during a search of his apartment, but the manuscript indicating he could be a &#8216;lone wolf&#8217; terrorist was discovered in the car which had been lent to him.<\/p>\n<p>The suicide note reportedly made references to &#8216;telepathic murders&#8217; and other violent acts. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A witness has also reportedly come forward and told police he saw the motorist engage in &#8216;farewell prayers&#8217; before putting his foot on the accelerator with his arms raised high in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports said the Civil Guard were hunting an aggressor thought to have stabbed the motorist who also died, with information pointing to the knifeman being in a second car seen tailing his vehicle at speed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/21\/18\/48207361-10013821-image-a-11_1632244778276.jpg\" height=\"1134\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A witness has also reportedly come forward and told police he saw the motorist engage in &#8216;farewell prayers&#8217; before putting his foot on the accelerator with his arms raised high in the air<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/21\/18\/48207355-10013821-image-a-12_1632244783669.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The incident now under investigation occurred around lunchtime last Friday between the terraces of a restaurant called Gateway India and a popular British hangout called Honey&#8217;s Bar in the small village of Roldan which belongs to the municipality of Torre Pacheco<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing criminal probe has now been handed over to the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid, tasked with investigating terrorism, after it emerged the motorist&#8217;s wounds had been self-inflicted and the witness to his &#8216;farewell prayers&#8217; came forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On its Facebook site, Honey&#8217;s bar confirmed it had closed for two days following the incident &#8216;in respect of the person who was tragically killed during the accident&#8217; and added: &#8216;Our respect and condolences go to his family and friends, also our thoughts are with all others at the bar at the time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of messages were also posted in English, with one man saying: &#8216;Was sitting on the Terrace at Honey&#8217;s this afternoon, seems we left just minutes before the accident.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the restaurant said the vehicle had been &#8216;circling the area for some time, driving from one place to another.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He didn&#8217;t stop until he hit the house next door. Everything was normal, we were serving customers as usual when we heard the blow,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>An English nurse on the scene reportedly tried to help the fatally injured customer.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of the town, Antonio Le\u00f3n, explained that Honey&#8217;s Bar is a restaurant frequented by British expats who live in the area, although fortunately, the terrace was not full at the time.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that two other diners were injured and needed hospital treatment, while a woman and her son inside the bar needed treatment for anxiety attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10013821\/Judge-launches-probe-Moroccan-driver-smashed-car-Spanish-bar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge launches probe into Moroccan driver &#8216;who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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