Overview
- The Audiencia Nacional declared the ruling final and directed immediate removal with a 10-year ban on re-entry after both sides said they would not appeal.
- Prosecutors framed the case as terrorist damages, citing a documented path of radicalization, social media posts and requests for a firearm.
- Case files detail reconnaissance photos of the Màgic de Badalona mall in December 2023, a March 23 message announcing intent, and a March 27 attack with a hatchet before a shopper and an off-duty Mossos officer subdued him.
- Damages were assessed at €7,602.74, with the shopping center acting as a private accuser seeking compensation and a shorter prison term than the state’s earlier request.
- Police noted the defendant said he acted over Palestinian children, while investigators tied his activity to intensified searches and posts after the October 2023 Israel–Hamas hostilities.