A very complicated intervention that could have ended in tragedy in PamplonaThe Municipal Police had to intervene. Saturday in the old town of the citybut he found support from citizens for the criminal.
“It’s a shame that citizens, faced with the Arrest of a person who almost caused a massacre“attack on the police,” the union bitterly deplored. Sipna Navarre after the intervention which ended with several officers injured “while guaranteeing the safety of those who then attacked them.”
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon. As this newspaper has learnedA man broke into a liquor store in Old Town and, after stealing some bottles of wine and whisky, He drove at high speed through pedestrian areas while throwing some of these bottles out of the window.
A behavior that This could have had serious consequences for hundreds of Pamplona residents. which were circulating at that time in the streets of the old town.
Agents of the Municipal police They came to try to stop this man’s behavior and managed to do so in the area of Navarreria, with the fences of the rehabilitation works of the palace of the Marquis of Rozalejo.
A patrol of two officers went to the scene, to whom a witness told that the driver of the vehicle had hidden between the fences of the construction site. The police officers urged him to leave, which the man refused. When the officers entered, the man resisted and broke the nose of one of them with his fists, the Municipal Police said. In addition, while handcuffing him, the other officer fell to the ground and injured his leg.
The problem came when Some people who were nearby took the side of the attacker. and they also started attacking the police, especially another man who was arrested for throwing a fence at the policeaccused of undermining authority.
The driver of the vehicle is accused of one offence of robbery with force, another of attacking authority, another of endangering road safety and another of refusing to submit to a breathalyzer test. This morning, he went to court. For his part, the other detainee is accused of the offence of attacking authority and will be released soon.
“An intervention in in the middle of the Old Town which could have ended very badly, with a very difficult arrest that caused serious injuries to an officer and to the kind citizens who were walking in the area They attacked the police officers who intervened“, the union summarized on its X account (Twitter). Sipna Navarre about what happened.
“Unfortunate is an understatement, comrades. Part of this society is seriously ill. And his illness is chronic. Our support, dear colleagues,” says the official report of the CSIF union of the local police of the Foral Community of Navarre after the events.
