Violent night on Nelson Mandela Square, in the Madrid district of Lavapiés. Here, a young man was arrested after hitting another in the face with a bottle, as reported by sources from the National Police of Madrid.
The events occurred around 4:20 a.m. this Wednesday. As the aforementioned sources report, agents were alerted because a man threatened another in the middle of the street. When police arrived, they found a young man bleeding and, next to him, a man being held by pedestrians who had a broken bottle in his hand.
The injured man said that, without saying a word, he was attacked by the arrested man and that he caused injuries to the face and backso he was transferred to the clinical hospital. After arresting the attacker, he began to have a violent attitude towards the officers. Madrid emergency sources report that the victim presented bruises and a facial injury, but was transferred in light condition.
The National Police opened an investigation to clarify these facts, but reported that Does not appear to be linked to youth gangs. The detainee is a 27-year-old Moroccan, while the victim is a 20-year-old young man of the same nationality.
Fight at Valdebernardo
This is not the only fight with arrests recorded in Madrid in recent hours. National Police officers arrested three people on Monday night after a massive fight between several officers and the neighbors of the Valdebernardo district, according to sources from the aforementioned police.
The events occurred around 11:40 p.m. on La Raya Street. The aforementioned sources claim that it all started when two minors committed a crime robbery with a knife in the surrounding area and took refuge with his family in the corrala where the fight then took place.
When the agents arrived at the houses, the neighbors and relatives of the minors responsible for the crime theft, they began to reprimand themthen a violent fight began between the two parties. Police sources also detail that gunshots were heard, but they were unable to identify the origin or the author of the shots.
Given the large number of neighbors who joined the fighting, officers were forced to call for reinforcements. Finally, three arrests were madea 30-year-old Spanish woman and two men aged 36 and 22, also Spanish. Despite everything, there were no serious injuries.
The National Police maintains theopen an investigation to clarify the facts. The miners have not yet been arrested and it is not known where the explosions heard during the fighting came from.
