A tourist died after falling from a wall in the roundabout while fleeing from thieves

On Monday, the primary law enforcement officials chargeable for Barcelona's safety took half in a tense dialogue organized by the Círculo Ecuestre through which the next query was raised: "Is Barcelona a protected metropolis?".

On Monday, the primary law enforcement officials chargeable for Barcelona's safety took half in a tense dialogue organized by the Círculo Ecuestre through which the next query was raised: "Is Barcelona a protected metropolis?". The audio system tried to argue that sure, it's, to the indignation of a few of the attendees who didn't imagine the statistics. At midday yesterday, a 25-year-old Canadian vacationer died within the Hospital del Mar after falling from one of many partitions of the Ronda Litoral within the early hours of the morning. The Mossos d'Esquadra are investigating whether or not he fell or was thrown. As of final night time, the police had discovered no proof that he was thrown into the void. The buddies who accompanied him and in addition a taxi driver who later testified on the police station assured that a group of about 5 younger folks tried to rob them.

The horrible occasion evidences a actuality that no police officer denied in l'Ecuestre. Issues occur in Barcelona. In 2022 alone, 193,286 legal offenses had been reported. Half of them are robberies, the overwhelming majority of that are carried out by teams of repeat offenders performing on distraction. In solely six out of 100, the thief makes use of power or violence.

The investigation will decide if the younger man believed that maybe if he jumped that wall he would escape the assailants and didn't calculate its top, which is about 5 meters. Proper at exit 23 of the Litoral roundabout, in Poblenou. Or, if, as some unofficial sources initially claimed, it was thrown by thieves who stole it or tried to steal it. It wasn't clear final night time. Actually, he fell on his head and never on his proper foot.

The investigation has been undertaken, in the interim, by the Sant Martí unit. And never the group of homicides within the Barcelona area. Which means, for now, the investigators haven't discovered parts that would cause them to suspect that the younger man was thrown voluntarily.

The wall is what separates exactly one of many exits of the Coastal roundabout. It was roughly six within the morning when 112 acquired the alert name.

Patrols from the Mossos, the City Guard and an ambulance from the Medical Emergency Service (EMS) had been dispatched to the scene, which managed to stabilize the sufferer and switch him to the ocean in important situation. The primary info that was disseminated said that the younger man had a extreme mind trauma. That he was unconscious, had misplaced lots of blood, his situation was important, however that his life was not feared.

Unofficial sources assured that the sufferer had traveled with a bunch of buddies to Barcelona to attend Sunday's basic at Camp Nou. The vacationer and his companions had been across the McDonald's when, in line with these unofficial interlocutors, they had been assaulted by a bunch of 5 younger folks. They tried to rob them and a battle began through which the group broke up making an attempt to flee from the assailants.

The Mossos have given precedence to the investigation. In the course of the day yesterday they appeared for photos within the environment. They've those from McDonald's, however they will not have the ability to use those from the Ronda Litoral as a result of they're units for viewing, however they do not report the pictures.