At least 130 women have been bitten in the Basque Country, and according to the data, this type of aggression is aumentando.En ARGIA we explain that the victim is bitten with an unknown drug. As explained by the Ertzaintza, they do not yet know what toxic it is used. According to EITB, toxicological tests have been carried out on injured women transferred to health centers, “but so far no positive substance has been detected to anyone.”

In the festivities of Baiona, 112 women have been assaulted since the beginning of the festivities. On Wednesday were sixteen, on Thursday 24, on Friday 39 and on Saturday 33.

In addition, punctures have been reported in other municipalities: Four people at the Algorta festivities, two young girls at the Zarautz Summer Live 2022 festival and another at Santurtzi.

In Zierbena, several women have also reported the appearance of stings and have closed the rocket close to Arena beach to report the stings. In Villabona, the txosnagunea and the bars have also been closed after the notification of several women who have been bitten.

At the Back Stage discotheque in Bilbao, two women reported their bites and have been treated in the emergency services of the hospital in Basurto.

In Azpeitia they responded to the bite of a woman in the outpatient clinic, according to Urola Kostako Hitza, there have been at least two punctures and in Vitoria another woman was treated in Txagorritxu, also for having received the puncture. It is the fourth puncture of the Alavesa capital in a few days.

Rape in Zizurkil

In addition to all the stings, two men raped a woman returning home from the Villabona festivities. Two men are arrested on charges of sexual assault and theft.

Renewal of the protocol in Catalonia

The Government of Catalonia has updated the protocol for action against stings in recent days after 18 complaints. Several women claim to have received a puncture, but have not suffered sexual assaults or robberies.

News from Navarra reports that if a woman considers that she has received a puncture, they stress the importance of being attended and consider it necessary to go through a health center before going home, if possible with a friend. They may receive HIV contact prophylaxis (if puncture has been performed with a syringe as it may have been used several times in different people) and receive emergency toxicological tests.