A new episode of vandalism in Sant Ferran has set off alarms among neighbors. A group of individuals armed with stones and sticks smashed several vehicles parked in a dirt parking lot in the village, causing serious damage to windows and bodywork.
The owner of one of the affected cars described the attack as a “cowardly and incomprehensible act” and asked that the perpetrators “be identified and punished“. According to neighborhood sources, no objects were stolen from the vehicles, which reinforces the hypothesis that it was a purely destructive action, carried out at night.
On social networks, the images of the vandalized cars disseminated by a neighbor, Carmen Damaschin, unleashed a wave of indignant comments on the local Facebook group. Some users lamented that “Sant Ferran is no longer like it used to be“, while others demanded “taking justice into our own hands” or denounced the “police inaction“.
“Five cars blown up and no one saw anything.”
In a post that went viral, user Pili Alonso Mella explained that “five cars were blown up in the dirt parking lot” and questioned the lack of police presence. “Where are the security forces in those moments?” she wrote.
The subsequent messages reflect a growing climate of discontent and insecurity. “This is uncontrollable, there are only miscreants with evil“, “it is a shame, the authorities still do nothing“, or “video surveillance cameras now” were some of the most repeated.
The Guardia Civil and the local police have been alerted and have launched an investigation, as reported by the Formentera News site.
A worsening problem: insecurity and unfulfilled promises
Just two weeks ago, the Consell de Formentera admitted the existence of “numerous complaints of insecurity in Sant Ferran” and promised to act “imminently”. President Óscar Portas assured then that they were working “in coordination with the Guardia Civil to restore normality”.
The climate of tension even extended to the school environment of CEIP Sant Ferran, where APIMA warned weeks ago that “three or four people make the school environment dangerous“.
Neighborhood indignation and demands for action
The event has rekindled the feeling of impunity and lack of protection in the town. “Madre mía, qué desprotección hay,” wrote one user. Others were harsher: “The police are there to issue fines, but not to defend the people“, or even, “the only option is to defend yourself with stick in hand“.
In view of the escalating tension, some neighbors called for calm and more police presence on weekend nights, while others demanded the installation of surveillance cameras.
