Overview
- The Audiencia Nacional’s prosecutor’s office opened investigatory diligences after receiving a report from the Guardia Civil on Monday’s attack in Jerusalem.
- Authorities identified the Spanish victim as Yaakov Pinto, a 25-year-old from Melilla who was studying in Israel.
- Prosecutors said they will undertake the necessary investigative steps to clarify the facts of the case.
- A formal penal case is expected to be registered in the duty court of Magistrate Santiago Pedraz, which would absorb the prosecutor’s diligences.
- Legal analyses note that without effective cooperation from Israel the proceedings in Spain may ultimately be archived, although past cases saw judges seek information via commission rogatoria and delay closure to uphold victims’ rights.