After the 25-year-old Moroccan testified for over an hour in a court docket in central Madrid, the choose dominated that he must be tried for manslaughter and terrorism prices.
The choose stated Kanjaa was not linked to any particular terrorist group.
His flatmates advised police that the suspect drank alcohol and smoked cannabis till a radical change a few month in the past, when he started listening very ceaselessly to Quran audio recordings on his telephone.
Police on Friday raided the suspect’s residence, the place they discovered digital units, paperwork and the scabbard for the machete used within the assault.
The choose stated there must be no bail for Kanjaa due to the flight threat that he posed, in addition to the danger of him hiding proof or committing extra crimes whereas ready for the investigation to conclude. A trial might take months.
Police investigating the case have stated that early proof exhibits that the suspect was psychologically unstable and had no prior police information.
The assault befell Wednesday night, when Kanjaa allegedly jumped on the altar of the Church of Nuestra Senora de La Palma, wielding a machete. He attacked a church official tasked with making ready Mass contained in the church, and chased him right into a city sq. earlier than killing him.
A priest he had wounded at one other close by church after an argument was launched from the hospital on Friday.
Spain’s Inside Ministry stated that Kanjaa had been beneath a deportation order since June final yr due to his unauthorized migrant standing in Spain.