The police have arrested at least two people allegedly involved in the death of Antonio Costa, a butcher from Santiago who was found dead with signs of violence in his establishment in the food plaza of the Galician capital early this Tuesday. The investigators’ main hypothesis is that he had a fight with several attackers and .
After reviewing the security cameras closest to the Compostela market, agents from the Santiago police station are looking for a third person who has already been identified and who would also be involved in the assault, so more arrests are not ruled out. At the moment, it has only emerged that the victim, who ran the Chelo&Muñico butcher shop, was opening the store located in the food plaza to start the work day when he was surprised by several assailants.
It was then that a fight occurred in which the victim tried to defend himself and, according to sources close to the investigation, Europa Press reported. The autopsy will have to determine if the man’s death was caused by the impact of an object or by falling to the ground. There is no evidence that money was taken from the place and it is ruled out that the attackers used any type of weapon.
061 received the alert at 4:43 a.m. about the attack on this 59-year-old man. Two ambulances and health personnel from the PAC of Santiago traveled to the market, but they were unable to revive the victim, who died at the scene. The rapid police action allowed the arrest of one of the assailants, a Venezuelan national, and later arrested another individual as an accomplice to the homicide.
The square was cordoned off for several hours until the body was removed and reopened around 8:45 a.m. Afterwards, amid great commotion over what happened, the farmers distributed and placed black crepes in their businesses and called for a minute of silence as a sign of condolences.
The mayor of Santiago, Goretti Sanmartín, attended the venue and regretted the circumstances of this death. He has insisted that the investigation under the direction of the National Police is currently secret, so we will have to wait for the autopsy to clarify the facts. The Mobility Councilor, Xan Duro, has also traveled to the square. The investigating court number 2 of Santiago, which was on duty at the time of the events, is the one that is coordinating the police investigations.
