Police are investigating the death of a Libyan diplomat in Madrid whose body showed clear signs of violence.
Police discovered the body of the First Secretary of the Libyan embassy in the Spanish capital on Friday.
Faucina M.A. was found at home by her daughter, reported news agency EFE on Tuesday.
Police say there were clear signs of violence on her body, including a heavy blow to the head and numerous bruises.
Although they are still investigating the death of the 58-year-old diplomat, evidence suggests the woman possibly suffocated.
The Libyan embassy was unavailable for comment.
A Dutch woman was arrested in the Netherlands in relation to an attack on a right-wing Spanish politician who was shot in Madrid, Spanish police said on Tuesday.
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a founder of Spain’s far-right Vox party, was shot in the face in broad daylight near his home in the upscale Salamanca neighbourhood on November 9 by a motorcycle passenger.
Long a supporter of the Iranian opposition, the 78-year-old Vidal-Quadras has accused the Iranian regime of involvement in the shooting.
Four people had already been arrested as part of the investigation into the shooting, but the suspected gunman — a French national of Tunisian origin with several previous convictions in France — remains at large.
“A woman was arrested in Holland for her alleged participation in the financing and preparation of the attack on Vidal-Quadras,” the national police said in a brief statement.
Police said she was detained after Spain issued a European arrest warrant.
Vidal-Quadras was a member and then vice-president of the European Parliament between 1994 and 2014.
He was also a former head of the centre-right People’s Party in Catalonia.
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