An agent of the National Police in a file photo.


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An agent of the National Police in a file photo.

Last Sunday at dawn, the National Police arrested four young people, one of them a minor, who stabbed in the face and beat an 18-year-old to steal his mobile phone when he was on the ground floor of the Plaza de los Cubos, at number 3 Calle de Princesa. The victim suffered cuts and injuries to her face and head and was hospitalized. According to the Police, around 5:30 a.m. a boy was chatting with his mobile phone on the ground floor of the Plaza de los Cubos, next to a nightclub, when several people approached him. One of them threatened him: “Give us the cell phone or we’ll cut you“. The young man resisted and they began to beat him until he fell to the ground where they caused several cuts to his face and head. The attackers used a knife, a broken glass bottle and a broken can for the attack. The attackers escaped, but The National Police was able to arrest four of them in the surroundings of the Plaza de España thanks to the physical description given by several witnesses. accused of robbery with violence and injuries. One of those arrested is from Cameroon, another North African (the minor) and two others are Spanish born in Morocco. Adults are 21, 27 and 40 years old. One of them has 17 records for crimes once morest property, theft, simulation of crime and attack once morest a law enforcement officer and another has been arrested for robbery, robbery and sexual abuse. During the last weekends, the Plaza de los Cubos has been the scene of brawls, fights and robberies. Police sources have indicated that the Municipal Police and the National Police have established a security device in the place due to the incidents that are occurring that have also caused complaints from the neighbors who live in that area of ​​Calle de Princesa.