The Ertzaintza has arrested eight people as alleged perpetrators of sexual assault suffered last Sunday at Amorebieta-Etxano. Young people between the ages of 15 and 38 have been arrested in the Biscayan localities of Erandio, Bilbao and Barakaldo. Five of them are minors: four have been transferred to juvenile centres, all of them different, to prevent them from staying together, and the latter has been released under supervision on charges. The three aggressors, over the age of 18, will testify today (Friday) at the Durango Court (Bizkaia), according to the newspaper Naiz.

The Ertzaintza and the Municipal Police of Amorebieta-Etxano continue the open investigation to try to clarify what happened. Despite the arrest of eight people, about 20 young people participated in the beating that took place. Vicelehendakari and Security Advisor, Josu Erkoreka, believes that the declaration of the crime can be "plural": "We can be faced with a frustrated assassination attempt," the spokesman for the Abertzale left said. The spokesman for the Basque Government, Bingen Zupiria, explained that there may also be "a crime of hatred", as it is an aggression "based on its characteristics".

Brothers Koala

PRESIDENT. — The next item is the joint debate on the following motions for resolutions: However, he pointed out that some of the aggressors belong to a "violent group" known as the Koala Brothers, who were arrested. From the Basque Government, they claim that the group has been calling for this type of crime for generations and that it is now younger people who have taken over. During these years, similar crimes have been charged in Bizkaia for which they have been arrested.

Attack on Sunday

The latest aggression took place in Amorebieta-Etxano last Sunday. A 23-year-old, neighbour of Lemoa, was attacked with kicks and punches and hit with sticks and bottles while on the ground, the Department of Security has reported. They had left him unconscious and robbed him who was with him. Afterwards, we recorded what happened in the video and its subsequent collision in social networks. There you hear shouts like “kill,” as they beat the young man. The injured person had to be transferred to the Cruces Hospital, where he remains in the same health center.

Complaint in the two towns

To denounce what happened on Sunday, concentrations were held in Amorebieta-Etxano and Lemoa, on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. In the municipality where the aggression took place, they met under the motto “This is not the people we want to build” and denounced the “unsustainable environment” suffered in recent weeks in Amorebieta-Etxano, where there have been numerous chauvinist and homophobic aggressions during the months of June and July. In Lemoa, on the other hand, a silent concentration of 15 minutes was held in front of the City Hall of the Biscayan locality. Subsequently, the municipal representatives read a brief statement.