A minor has died and another has been injured in an aggression with a white weapon that occurred on Monday night in the Barcelona district of Sants-Montjuïc. As the police reported in a statement, they were alerted around 23 hours of a conflict on Antoni de Campmany Street.
The Medical Emergency System has attended the two young people and transferred them to a hospital, where one of them, 16 years old and of Honduran origin, has died hours later. The main hypothesis of researchers is that it has been a confrontation between youth groups of Latin origin.
We investigate the violent death of a minor in the district of Saints-Monjuic in Barcelona yesterday at night
The Barcelona Dam has opened an investigation to clarify the causes
— Mossos (@mossos)
Since September 2024, the Daga Plan is underway, an offensive of the Mossos and the Urban Guard, which has intensified the controls in subway stations, night leisure areas and points of great influx of these sharp or sharp objects, such as knives, knives or machetes, which are used to assault at a short distance.
Only last year, the Mossos d’Esquadra requisitioned more than 10,000 white weapons in Catalonia, the highest figure recorded so far. Most of them were intervened in joint controls with the Urban Guard, the National Police and private guards in spaces of great concurrence such as public transport, squares and leisure areas. Although many of these seizures corresponded to people who did not intend to commit crimes and resulted in administrative sanctions.
This deployment responds to the rebound of violent episodes in the city. One of the most recent occurred on May 27 ,. Although it was only slightly injured, the case revived the debate on the proliferation of knives in public spaces.
The Criminal Investigation (DIC) division of Barcelona has opened an investigation into the violent death of this Honduran minor to clarify the causes of aggression, identify, and detain the author or authors.
