The elderly of Portuguese nationality barred in his apartment in the residential area of Siesta, in Santa Eulària, Ibiza, threatening committing suicide. After negotiations with the Civil Guard, the elderly eventually surrendered, being transferred to the hospital for psychiatric treatment.
An armed Portuguese barred on Friday in its housing in the residential zone of Siesta, in the Spanish municipality of Santa Eulària, Ibiza, then surrendering to the Civil Guard, according to the Spanish Armed Forces.
A reported that Man is an elderlywhich barred in his apartment at Calle Ses Violets, in the Residential Zone, and surrendered to the police around 15:00 (14:00 in Lisbon).
The Civil Guard, responsible for the operation, sent a Majorca negotiator.
The Barricate Man, of Portuguese Nationalitydoes not speak Spanish and apparently suffers from disturbance of posttraumatic stress due to the effects of warexplained the Armed Forces.
O incident occurred when a social worker came to help him this afternoonand the man forced her to leave the house, violently claiming that he would commit suicide.
The woman warned the Civil Guard, which sent a car. When the police arrived, The man opened the door, pointing a revolverwhich learned after not being true, and threatened to kill those who tried to stop him from taking his own life.
When the negotiator arrived, The man ignored them and did not answer the phone.
Police managed to contact the granddaughter
Os Police then managed to contact their granddaughterwho is in Portugal, and instructed her to tell her that a Civil Guard negotiator had arrived from Majorca to help him.
With persistence, the man agreed to speak with the negotiator through the door And after a brief conversation, under the protection of the reserve and security group officers (GRs), he opened it, showing his hands.
The man was contained with no use of strength and examined by the paramedics before being transferred to the Hospital Can Misses, where social services requested their hospitalization in a residential unit and psychiatric treatment.
The operation involved the Civil Guard’s reserve and security group (GRS) and local police.
