National Police agents arrested in Valencia a 19-year-old young man of Colombian nationality as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of attempted homicide, injury and violent robbery by attack three people with a knife for two consecutive nights to remove the effects. A cell phone, an electric scooter, three knives and an imitation weapon were seized.
The first two attacks took place at the end of October in the Valencian municipality of Patraix. The first incident occurred at night, on Joaquín Navarro Street, when two men attacked a homeless man who was sleeping on a bench with a knife, in order to rob him. They were unable to take anything from him as he fled and had to be treated. to the hospital for several injuries.
The second incident occurred shortly after, about 350 meters from the first, when a man waiting for a taxi at the confluence of Uruguay and Giorgeta streets was attacked with a knife by two men as they demanded his phone and wallet. During the attack, the victim fell to the ground, receiving at least four more puncturesin addition to cuts on his back and on various parts of his body, causing him to lose his left eye, the attackers managed to take his cell phone.
The next day, near Calamocha Street, about 300 meters from the previous night’s incident, another man was attacked to steal his belongings. On this occasion, the attacker stabbed several times while demanding that the victim give him her wallet and handbag without looking at him, causing damage to the lung, as well as perforation of the colon, requiring surgery in up to two cases. occasions.
After numerous investigations and arduous investigative work, the agents belonging tol UDEV-Sirlas Group of the Provincial Judicial Police Brigade, identified the material author of the events, by establishing a location and an arrest system which resulted in the arrest of the suspect as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of attempted homicide, injury and violent theft.
At the time of the arrest, the suspect was in possession of the cell phone stolen from one of the victims. In addition, officers seized a scooter with which he allegedly committed the last attack as well as a knife that he had hidden in his belt. they also found two other knives and an imitation firearm at his home.
The arrested person, with a criminal record and an irregular situation in Spain, was brought to justice and his imprisonment was ordered. The investigation remains open and further arrests are not excluded.
