Man sentenced to 7 years in prison after threatening to kill Spanish PM

MADRID: APRIL. 13 – On Tuesday, Spain’s National Court sentenced a man to seven years in prison for threatening to kill Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

Manuel Murillo, 66, used threatening messages in his social media posts.

Murillo’s home was raided by police, who seized seven prohibited firearms, including an automatic rifle.

The court ruled that Murillo had decided that “the solution to produce a change in the Spanish political situation was to cause the death of the prime minister.”

The judges also said that his “arsenal of seized weapons” was “a circumstance that is indicative of the high danger involved in the decision adopted by Murillo.”

-Agency