The Basque government’s security adviser has issued his “strongest condemnation” for the incidents that took place last Sunday in the capital Alava. The officers, Josu Erkoreka denounced, “were ambushed and violently attacked.”
The Deputy Lehendakari and Security Advisor to the Basque Government, Josu Erkorekahas condemned incidents recorded last Sunday in Vitoria-Gasteiz in which officers were “violently attacked”.
In a message distributed through his social networksthe Security Council member expressed his “strongest condemnation” for the incidents that took place last Sunday in the capital of Alava, when officers of the local police and the Ertzaintza “came to restore public order after the illegal occupation of a building”.
The officers, Josu Erkoreka denounced, “were ambushed and violently attacked.” According to the Ministry of Security, six police officers were injured, five of whom are on leave due to the injuries they suffered, and two police vehicles were damaged by flat tires.
According to the Security Council, following a mobilization held on Saturday under the motto ‘Emantzipatzeko eskubidea borrokatu – For the rights of emancipation’, a first organized group of young people began to occupy a building on Paseo Los Arquillos Street, placing banners and protesting. gather around a building.
Initially, local police officers tried to penetrate inland to identify the people carrying out the occupation, but more and more young people from the old city began to join an attitude of passive resistance and obstruction of police work. For this reason, Ertzaintza officers also went to the scene and were received by a group that already contained more than 200 people, “in a very violent manner with kicks, blows and throwing of blunt objects.”
however, the version of Gazte Koordinadora Sozialista (GKS) is very different. GKS spokespeople explained on Sunday that the police actions landed four people in hospital, more than 25 people were injured and one was arrested. Furthermore, they denounced that “the police have sold themselves as victims, with the help of various media, although it is clear that they are the only ones who have maintained an aggressive attitude.”
In this context, they wanted to emphasize “the persecution by the police and the responsibility of political police officers” in relation to what happened, and found it “significant that no political party is denouncing these events”. “During the election campaign, they filled their mouths with messages in favor of the youth, reiterating that they will take measures to improve their working and living conditions. But events like last night show that these are nothing more than empty words,” they reiterated.
In the same way, Sare Antifaxista This Monday he criticized the actions of the police. For example, he stated that “Vitoria-Gasteiz’s accusations could have ended very badly.” “Once again they are skipping their own protocols, once again using their ‘defense mechanisms’ like baseball bats, to sadistically destroy the bodies of the activists,” he criticized in a tweet showing images of the injured. Moreover, he has highlighted the “silence of some not only in this case, but also in the entire orgy of violence experienced around this police force, characterized by the interference of the extreme right of the police.”
Source: EITB
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