Arrested the man allegedly entrenched with weapons in a Leioa apartment

The Ertzaintza has arrested this morning for public disorder and threats a man who has remained entrenched in his home in Leioa (Bizkaia) for more than three hours, according to reports by the Basque police.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
11 June 2023 Sunday 16:56
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Arrested the man allegedly entrenched with weapons in a Leioa apartment

The Ertzaintza has arrested this morning for public disorder and threats a man who has remained entrenched in his home in Leioa (Bizkaia) for more than three hours, according to reports by the Basque police.

Members of the Ertzaintza, firefighters, local police and ambulances have set up a device around this building on Sabino Arana street, in the center of Leioa, since the early hours, after several neighbors denounced that the man was throwing objects from his apartment and that they had seen him armed leaning out of a window.

Inside the home, the agents found two short weapons, although the Ertzaintza has not confirmed whether they are real or simulated.

Agents of the Immediate Response Patrols and the Ertzaintza Intervention Unit have entered the building, from which they have taken the man out after ten in the morning on a stretcher and have transferred him to a health center in an ambulance for treatment. medical evaluation.

Firefighters placed an inflatable mattress on the street under the house, located on the second floor, in anticipation that the man, who according to several neighbors may suffer from mental health problems, could throw himself out of the window.

The Security department has reported that around 7:00 a.m. it received a notice from the Local Police of that Biscayan town and organized a device to try to get the man who was leaning out of a window of his home to stop his attitude.