Overview
- Spanish National Police said on Feb. 25 that a suspect was detained in Heinsberg, Germany, in the 2025 shooting of Andriy Portnov.
- Officers from Madrid worked with Germany’s Federal Criminal Police to carry out the arrest in the border town near the Netherlands.
- Authorities have not released the suspect’s name and described the detainee as the person who fired outside the school entrance.
- A European arrest warrant and a European investigation order were used, including a search of the suspect’s residence.
- Portnov, a former aide to ex-President Viktor Yanukovych who was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2021, was shot on May 21, 2025 outside the American School in Madrid, with earlier reports noting multiple attackers and no established motive.