Group attack on a trans woman in the Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona

Group attack on a trans woman in the Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona Group attack on a trans woman in the Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona

The police are looking for the victim of the attack in the Poble Sec neighborhood to investigate a crime of hate and discrimination when she files a complaint

An trans woman was attacked last Friday in the neighborhood of Poble Sec de Barcelona by about twenty young people. He Observatory against LGTBI-phobia and the collective Feminist Poble Sec They have made the case known on social networks. For now, no complaint has been filed and the Mossos d'Esquadra They try to locate the victim so they can then instruct a hate crime and discrimination.

According to the broadcasting entities of the case, the alleged attackers used a dog, which they ordered to attack the victim. The events would have taken place last Friday around 19 p.m. in the Sortidor Square. A citizen appeal is made to find witnesses who recorded the scene.

Reactions to the transphobic attack

Group attack on a trans woman in the Poble Sec neighborhood of BarcelonaEl commissioner on LGTBI policies at Barcelona City Council, Javi Rodríguez, has assured that the council is also collecting information and has put the district of Sants-Montjuic and the Office for Non-Discrimination given the disclosed situation. «We will not allow these events to go unpunished«, he stated in X, after the attack was published in the media.

The feminist group had recounted in the morning how the events of Friday transpired: "First they made a dog attack her, then they threw books and all kinds of things at her, hitting her on the head, insulting her and humiliating her.«. Furthermore, they have disfigured that «While this horrible act was happening, the rest of the people in the square remained silent, unable to defend her or stop the aggression.«. They have also assured that half an hour later a police patrol arrived at the square, but the attackers had already escaped and the officers "They did not ask potential witnesses if anyone had recorded or seen what happened«.

Group attack on a trans woman in the Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona

 

Sources: El Periodico20 minutes

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