A person who usually sleeps in Doña Casilda’s park was beaten and thrown into the fountain by three young people last Friday. The police arrested all three. The homeless man was treated at the hospital. Although he initially refused to file a complaint, encouraged by representatives of several organizations, he has filed a complaint.

Yesterday was a rally to condemn the attack. The so-called Other Two Platforms, made up of groups that help people in vulnerable situations.About 200 people came together in the Sendeja sheds. Some are homeless, others work with the homeless, as well as the Bilbao people who joined the initiative. In anticipation of what had happened, they wanted to express their total rejection. "We cannot tolerate this type of attack, not in Bilbao or anywhere else," said the friends of Beste Bi. "And such attacks cannot go unpunished," they added.

Therefore, the City Council of Bilbao has been asked to express a strong response: to spread a direct and strong condemnation message, to present itself as a private accusation and to defend the rights and dignity of the most vulnerable people.

"In the face of unacceptable actions on the road to a cohesive society", the coalition EH Reunidos joins the demand that the City Council present itself as a private accusation.

Cases of aporophobia are not common among us, as explained by the members of the Other Two platform. At the national level, on the other hand, there has been an increase in the number of porophobic attacks. One in three homeless people has been insulted and one in five have been physically assaulted. Usually, the attackers are men between the ages of 18 and 35 who usually go out to party.

In the streets of Bilbao, 210 people sleep, two years ago there were about 100.

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