Santa Eulària lived a night of chaos and fear this weekend when, after midnight on Saturday, an individual starred in a sequence of violent assaults in the vicinity of the bus stop and the Town Hall.
The incident took place at around 00.30 hours, when the assailant, who was riding a 49cc motorcycle in the opposite direction on Margarita Ankermann Street, began an escalation of violence without provocation, according to witnesses.
The first incident occurred when the motorcyclist kicked the door of a vehicle that was parked near the shoe shop behind the Town Hall. He then fled down Church Street, also in a prohibited direction.
The Local Police were alerted, but the man returned on foot minutes later from the gym and SOIB area, carrying a screwdriver of about 50 centimeters and a pair of pruning shears.
“Are you going with them?” he rebuked one of the youths before lunging at his vehicle with the screwdriver. He hit the driver’s window with force, managing to fracture the glass without breaking it completely. The group of friends managed to flee in a hurry.
In their escape, the youths observed how the aggressor continued to attack other vehicles. One of the drivers was assaulted as he got out of the car and suffered a broken nose. He was taken by an 061 ambulance to Can Misses hospital.
Finally, the Local Police arrested the suspect in Sant Josep street, at the back of the Town Hall. When identified, the individual was still carrying the gardening tools and, according to City Hall sources, claimed to be a gardener and to have been previously assaulted. He presented facial injuries and was also taken to the hospital, apparently under the influence of alcohol or some intoxicating substance.
The young people who experienced a night of terror complained about the lack of security, surveillance and lighting in that area of the town of Santa Eulària at that time of night.
The Consistory confirmed that they received notice of the incident after midnight, and that the patrol was able to intervene quickly after the incident.
