“At first there were 60, then it became a big group between 100 and 120 people armed with axes and blunt objects”said Domènech, deputy police chief in the Girona region, Friday evening. After the double murder of Saint-Jean in the Font de la Polvora district of Girona, three houses were destroyed in revenge in the neighborhood of colobret, in Figueres (Spain): the relatives of the author of the alleged acts own three houses there, reported the Catalan newspaper Diari de Girona.
Friday evening was hectic in Catalonia. Around 20h, Friday June 28, the police spotted vehicles loaded with passengersin the district of colobret in Figueres where they were the three houses of the relatives of the alleged perpetrator of the double crime from Font de la Polvora, in Girona (Spain).
The police refrain from any intervention
Several troops of police were deployed to 20 h 30 in order to stop vehicle traffic. Arrested by the police, the passengers got out of the cars and headed towards the targeted neighborhood, armed with axes and sharp objects. In order to avoid an escalation, the police decided not to intervene. “We would have ended up causing more serious damage than we want to avoid”. Three houses were destroyedFortunately, these were abandoned by the occupants and no one was injured, Domènech said.
Houses vandalized and doors torn off
The deputy chief of police in the Girona region attempted a mediationnot only. “It was a bit complicated”he explained. In fact, about a hundred people had gathered in the neighborhood, armed, with the aim of damaging the three houses, abandoned by the “terrorized” occupants. The buildings were vandalized, the doors were torn off and the houses were emptied of their furnitureThe buildings were not burned down, “according to the demonstrators’ promise”said the squad leader. “What they wanted was to restore their pride within the framework of their law, and not allow the households of the opposing clan to continue as they were.”
About 70 people, friends and relatives of the fatal victims of the Font de la Pólvora in Girona have this evening destroyed three homes in the neighborhood of the gypsy community of Figueres between the streets of Salut and Major in the neighborhoods of Sant Joan and el Culubret. pic.twitter.com/opB3rM1VAA
— Anna Punsí (@punsix) https://twitter.com/punsix/status/1806790374473531469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The mayor of Figueres, Jordi Masquel Creusstrongly condemned the events. “The population suffers the consequences of a group which takes justice alone and outside the legal framework”he lamented on X.
A #Figs not everything is worth it, and it’s enough to be in the news for the usual. Enough of bond policies that get us nowhere.
— Jordi Masquef Creus (@jordimasquef) https://twitter.com/jordimasquef/status/1806800799181242423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
For now, no complaints have been filed. However, A police investigation has been opened and will be sent to the judge. Relatives of the victims indicated that This action would be the last : “They consider that the destruction of the property of the relatives of the alleged perpetrator of the double murder is “the end of their revenge” Domènech said. “It was more drama than action”he concluded.
A police presence maintained “without interruption”
Catalan police are still searching for the perpetrator of the Kalashnikov shots during St. John’s Day. In recent times, law enforcement have increased surveillance actions in the Font de la Polvora district, the scene of the double murder. The local security council of Girona (Catalonia) accepted on Thursday to maintain the police force “without interruption” in Font de la Polvora “until the neighborhood returns to “normality””. The Catalan Interior Minister, Joan Ignasi Elenainsisted that the double crime of Sant Joan in Girona was “a one-off event” et linked gun ownership to marijuana plantations.
