Justice reopens the investigation to find who set fire to the Piera mosque
The Barcelona Court orders the Mossos to check mobile connections in the area on the day of the incident
BarcelonaThe Barcelona Court of Appeal has ordered the reopening of the investigation into the fire at the Piera mosque in the early hours of July 12, 2025, to identify those responsible for the blaze. The incident, which coincided in time with racist riots in the Murcian municipality of Torre Pacheco,, occurred when the mosque was only awaiting one last municipal permit to open. Although the perpetrators of the fire have not yet been found, the private prosecution brought by the Islamic community of Piera maintains that it was a hate crime.
The case had been filed at the end of the year without the investigation having managed to identify the perpetrators of the fire. However, the association that manages the mosque requested that more attempts be made to find those responsible before definitively closing the case.
The lawyer representing the association, Benet Salellas, asked for the case to be handed over to a police unit specialized in hate crimes and also for telephone connections to be studied that early morning around the mosque to find the suspects.
Support for some of the requests
Initially, the court of Igualada that handles the case denied all the prosecution's requests. Now, however, the Barcelona Court of Appeal has accepted part of the requests from the Islamic community of Piera and has ordered that the investigation be reopened.
In this new phase of the investigation, the Mossos will have to try to identify the perpetrators by considering the location of the mobile phones. To do this, they will ask telephone operators for a list of all terminals that connected in that area and at that time.
On the other hand, the court does not consider it necessary for the Mossos unit specialized in hate and discrimination crimes to take charge of the case and denies the request of the private prosecution.