Madrid, November 30, 2025 – Total News Agency-TNA. The investigation into the violent incident that took place last Saturday in the Madrid neighborhood of Puente de Vallecas has been officially handed over to the National Court, which is instructing it as a possible jihadist attack.
In any case, the incident once again put the threat of low-intensity terrorism in the spotlight and the need to maintain effective early alerts for behaviors compatible with radicalization processes.
The incident occurred at 1:55 p.m. on Saturday, when a young man armed with a knife attacked three people in Martínez de la Riva square.
Upon arrival, the young man barricaded himself and refused attempts at reduction using Taser shocks. When police officers managed to get close to neutralize him, the attacker lunged at them with a bladed weapon and shouting "Allahu Akbar!".
The modus operandi, however, coincides with other low-intensity attacks recorded in Europe in recent years, characterized by the use of bladed weapons, improvisation, and religious shouts during the assault.
The victims—a man with a deep chest wound, a woman injured in the back, and another person with minor cuts—were treated by emergency services.
The immediate reaction of the officers was to open fire, injuring him in the chest, hip, and kidney area.
Investigators are trying to determine if he was inspired by extremist propaganda, had links to radicalization networks, or if it was an isolated episode with an ideological charge.
Meanwhile, the case at the National Court is advancing with the taking of testimonies, analysis of electronic devices, and reconstruction of the suspect's movements in the days leading up to the attack.
The aggressor's health status will determine the pace of the first judicial statements. He was transferred to the Gregorio Marañón Hospital, where he remains in custody.
The investigation of the case was assumed by Central Court No. 3 of the National Court, in coordination with the Provincial Information Brigade and specialized anti-terrorism units.
The secrecy of the proceedings imposed on the case points to the main line examining a possible jihadist motivation, although his personal profile and any possible drug use are also being analyzed.
After the initial aggression, the attacker fled to the building where he lived, in the same area. Security sources indicated that the suspect, of Maghrebi origin and 18 years old, was located in his home thanks to a tip-off from a brother who alerted about his state of excitement.
