“The number of policemen in Bilbao is higher than ever because security is the main concern of citizens,” says Juan Mari Aburto in the interview on the Boulevard de Radio Euskadi program. Boring indicates that the police presence has risen “because citizenship demands it”.

La Comparsa de Bilbao has denounced police violence in recent days, and the Mayor has pointed out that “with the comparsas it will not speak of security”.

Violence at Bilbao Festivals

On Tuesday, two out of service agents urinated in the txozna of the Kranba comparison. Two members of the comparison asked them to act with “respect”, but later the police were aggressive threatening. “With the uniform I will make life impossible and without it I will die,” they denounced that they told them. One of them identified as out-of-service police, and then about 30 municipal police surrounded the txozna and kept the patrons for half an hour while the aggressors were going.

In the course of the interview, the Mayor of Blibo announced the existence of two local policemen out of service, but it has not given much importance to what happened, “some are interested in highlighting what happened, a situation of conflict arose and that police came to solve it”, he said in relation to what happened, without giving importance to the allegations of the comparisons.