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๐ช๐ธ An illegal Moroccan migrant allegedly shot his lawyer at point-blank range after losing a lawsuit in southern Spain, leaving the attorney hospitalized in serious condition.
The shooting took place at around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday in El Ejido, Almerรญa, after a dispute between the suspect and the lawyer over compensation connected to an unsuccessful legal claim.
The lawyer had represented the suspect following an accident at an internet cafรฉ where the migrant had been working illegally.
He is a Moroccan national who entered Spain by boat through the Canary Islands around four years ago. He has recently applied to have his immigration status regularized as part of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez's mass amnesty.
The attacker used live ammunition, firing an old .32-caliber automatic pistol into the lawyerโs side at point-blank range before fleeing.
A police manhunt continues.
๐ณ๐ด Norway
This is 21-year-old Kenyan Cecil Terrian Mungai Mbugua.
He has been charged with 13 cases of violence, assaults, and attempted rape targeting women aged 26 to 93 in the city of Oslo.
Many of his rape victims were elderly women.
Oslo police expanded the indictment this week by five additional cases from the original 8.
However, Mbugua may end up serving no prison time at all. The prosecution is considering declaring him mentally unfit and ordering compulsory psychiatric observation.