The Mossos d’Esquadra are investigating a report of sexual assault on a woman at her home, Saturday afternoon, in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. The alleged attackers gained access to the home through the balcony after climbing the facade of the building where the victim lives.
The woman called the Mossos after ten at night to report that she had been raped and the victim of a robbery. As he stated, there were three assailants. The woman was taken to the hospital, where she underwent a medical examination. The injuries were compatible with sexual assault and the officers activated the protocol for such cases.
The investigation is currently open and attempts are being made to locate the three alleged aggressors, with the aim of determining the participation of each of them and whether they had any kind of previous relationship with the victim. Initially, an attempted robbery that ended in rape was studied as a hypothesis, although it was later considered that the victim knew the alleged aggressors.
Police sources state that, with the investigation unfinished, it is not possible to opt for any of the theories, but they do consider that, “statistically, there are very few sexual assaults by strangers”.
The access through the facade of these men was checked by the Mossos d’Esquadra through the recordings of an external security camera, located in the street. However, it has not yet been possible to identify any of the criminals.
This case coincides in time with another group attack by five men in Tudela (Navarra), who have been arrested. It also happened on Saturday. The alleged aggressors went to court this Tuesday. The municipal police of Tudela arrested them this Sunday after sharing the investigation with the Regional Police and after the victim filed a complaint about the events.
Yesterday at noon, a hundred citizens gathered in front of the Tudela town hall to show their rejection of the alleged sexual assault. Authorities such as the mayor, Alejandro Toquero, and the first vice-president of the regional government and advisor for the Presidency and Equality, Félix Taberna, were also present, as well as the managing director of the Navarrès Institute for Equality, Eva Istúriz.
The rally was called at 12 o’clock under the slogan “Tudela says no”, written on a banner, accompanied by the cry “No aggression without response”. The mayor pointed out to the media that Tudela “does not and will never tolerate sexual assaults” and that he does not want silence to make them complicit in what has happened. For his part, the vice-president, Félix Taberna, stated that “it is not futile that the number of complaints about these cases has been increasing over the last 20 years”. Eva Istúriz added that violence against women “is one of the most serious problems we have as a society”.
“I also want to highlight a message to women who have suffered, who may be suffering violence, that they can turn to resources, which is very important, and that we will always be there to support and accompany them, in a future with the 24-hour crisis center that we have talked about more than once, which will be a fundamental tool”, affirmed Istúriz.
