The attack, which also left two other people injured, took place on Saturday November 9 in the Santo Espiritu del Monte monastery, located on the heights of Gilet, a village of 3,300 inhabitants 30 kilometers north of Valencia.
A 76-year-old monk died this Monday, November 11, from his injuries, two days after an attack by an armed man on a group of Franciscan friars in a monastery in southeastern Spain, he said. we learned from the religious authorities concerned.
“The attacker, carrying a blunt object, burst into the premises with a violent and provocative attitude,” said the Immaculate Conception of the Franciscan order, the community to which this monastery is attached, in a press release.
At that moment, the brothers were “in their rooms after having shared breakfast”, specifies the press release, which says that the attacker, a “middle-aged” man, “started to walk the corridors of the monastery” .
A man arrested
In a fit of violence, he “injured three of our brothers” before being put to flight by one of the monks, Brother Angel Ramon, who immediately “informed the emergency services”, details the Immaculate Conception of the Franciscan order.
Hospitalized “in critical condition”, one of the injured, aged 76, succumbed to his injuries Monday afternoon, said a leader of this religious community, expressing his “deep sadness”.
Questioned by the daily El Pais, the religious who made the attacker flee, Brother Angel Ramon, described an apparently “young” man, seeming to be driven mad at the time of his intrusion.
“He shouted 'I'm going to kill the brothers, I am Jesus Christ'” and grabbed several objects, including “sticks” and “a bottle”, to hit the religious present, he said.
In a press release, the town hall of Gilet indicated that the attacker, who had initially fled into the mountains surrounding the monastery, had been arrested. According to Spanish media, the attacker is a 46-year-old Spaniard suffering from psychiatric problems and a drug addiction. He should be presented to an investigating judge on Tuesday.
