An illegal immigrant stabbed a woman to death in the town of Esplugues de Llobregat, on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, last Saturday at 11 in the morning.
According to witnesses, the attacker, who would be an undocumented Moroccan, shouted "Allah is great" moments before pouncing on his victim.
The attack took place in a residential area near Camp Nou. Residents of the neighborhood reported seeing the suspect prowling around the place in the days leading up to the crime, and at least one stated that it appeared that he had been “watching the place”
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He was reportedly seen acting “nervously” in the moments immediately before the stabbing. An image of the assailant went through social media, showing him armed with a knife, walking through the streets of the neighborhood minutes after the
attack.The suspect stabbed the woman several times and slit her throat before fleeing the scene. In the midst of the attack, a 58-year-old neighbor named José Luis heard the screams and ran up to where the noise was coming from
