Night of stabbings in the capital and nearby municipalities. Two stabbings have occurred in Plaza dos de mayo and in Villaverde. Furthermore, in the municipality of Torrejón de Ardoz, a man shot a woman, slightly wounding her, and subsequently committed suicide.
The emergency services have had a busier night than usual around the capital.
In the case of the Plaza dos de Mayo, a 24-year-old young man has been found in serious condition after being stabbed shortly before 7 in the morning, allegedly at the hands of an individual who attacked the victim over a drug issue and ran away. the escape, according to the first police investigations.
The young man has been treated by Samur-Civil Protection personnel and had a stab wound in the left hemithorax; Given the clinical and ultrasound suspicion of possible hemopneumothorax, he has been transferred to the hospital in serious condition.
According to the first investigations, the event would be related to a drug issue, although other hypotheses have not been ruled out, police sources have indicated.
The victim, of Moroccan origin, was allegedly stabbed by another man, who ran away.
The National Police is investigating the circumstances of this new attack with a knife, for which at the moment there are no arrests.
Hours earlier, another 23-year-old young man had also been stabbed in the Villaverde district and is in very serious condition, although the events are apparently unrelated to each other. The young man was at number 14 La del Manojo de Rosas Street, in the Madrid district of Villaverde. A Madrid Emergency spokeswoman reported that the event, which is being investigated by the National Police, occurred shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Samur-Civil Protection personnel dispatched to the scene treated the young man for a stab wound to the right buttock and, after being stabilized, he was transferred to a hospital in very serious condition.
On the other hand, in Torrejón de Ardoz, the 33-year-old Spanish man who committed suicide with a shot to the head after shooting a woman in the hand in an apartment in Torrejón de Ardoz was his ex-partner, a 31-year-old Spanish woman, A spokesperson for the Madrid Police Headquarters has informed Europa Press.
The events took place at 7:35 p.m. yesterday Thursday at the deceased's home, located at 28 Río Torete Street. Minutes before, his ex-partner, the injured woman, her sister and two friends had gone there, who were unharmed. .
Apparently, after an argument that started for reasons that are still unknown, the attacker took a gun and shot his ex-girlfriend, wounding her left hand. Then he went into his room and shot himself in the head with the same firearm, the origin of which is still unknown.
Services from Summa 112 have moved to the scene and treated the woman who had a minor injury to her left hand that did not affect the joints. The bullet hit the soft part of the hand, with an entry and exit hole. And she has been transferred to the Torrejón Hospital, as sources from Emergency 112 of the Community of Madrid have informed Europa Press.
Agents from the Violent Crimes group of the Scientific Police (DEVI) and the Judicial Police of the National Police of Madrid also approached the scene to collect evidence and speak with witnesses. The matter is being investigated as a case of gender violence. The attacker's intention could have been to end the life of his ex-partner but she missed the shot.
