Valencia (EFE) fails, Vicente Valero, this Thursday.
In statements to EFE, Valero explained that the attack occurred at dawn from Saturday to Sunday of last weekend, when the young man was leaving with another from the Falla festival, located in the Russafa neighborhood, and they were followed by four people who insulted them.
Although one of the falleros was able to flee, the other was hit with a glass bottle and “massacred” him, Valero pointed out.
The victim of the homophobic aggression in Valencia remains hospitalized
The victim remains admitted to a hospital, where yesterday he underwent surgery on his jaw in an operation that lasted about four hours, as indicated by the president of the Falla, who has demanded more security for the Russafa area because, he assures, has become “a neighborhood without law.”
“At night there is a lack of security, it is the center of Valencia and we do not see the police. Between large bottles you cannot move and when there are homophobic people, well, what happened happens ”, Valero pointed out.
The commission has distributed among its members ties with the LGTBI flag in solidarity with their colleague from Falla and this afternoon they will wear it when they attend the awards ceremony.
National Police sources have informed EFE that the attack, which occurred on Filipinas street, is being investigated by the Hate Crimes Group of the Information Brigade, although they have not been able to provide more details about it.
For his part, the mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, has assured on his Twitter account that he hopes that justice will “act firmly with the savages” who have carried out this aggression, has expressed his “solidarity and esteem” with the young man attacked and has pointed out that Valencia is “a diverse and free city and will continue to be so. Always”.