Puertollano (Ciudad Real) (EFE)
As reported by the National Police to EFE, further arrests are not ruled out, within the investigation that remains open and is under summary secrecy.
The sexual assault took place around 5:00 am last Sunday, according to the young woman.
The girl received health care at the Santa Bárbara de Puertollano hospital, where the protocol for action against sexual assaults was immediately activated.
The Police are investigating the facts as a possible crime of sexual violence and have an open investigation to arrest more alleged aggressors.
The feminist association of Puertollano stands in solidarity with the victim
The feminist association “Hartikas” from Puertollano (Ciudad Real) has condemned this group rape and has shown its solidarity with the victim who “of all this structural violence that many insist on saying does not exist.”
In a press release, the feminist collective has stated that they are “fed up with not being able to freely enjoy leisure spaces”, and that the integrity of women is compromised even when there is security at the door of the establishments.
The association, which has hoped that the full weight of the law will fall “on the sexists who promoted the aggression”, has shown its solidarity with the woman who is the victim of all this “structural violence that many insist on saying that it does not exist”.
He has also asked the public to be “responsible, it is a matter of justice to repudiate these actions and the people who commit them.”
The Community Board and the Puertollano City Council have also condemned the event.