The man, an Aquasella festival goer out of his mind and with symptoms of intoxication, was arrested after putting up strong resistance and the injured agent had to be taken to the hospital
A agent of the Civil Guard he was hurt this afternoon in Cangas de Onís (Asturias) after being brutally attacked by a man in an aggressive attitude, who also confronted his companions. The attacker himself had asked for medical attention because he felt “paranoid”, but once the ambulance arrived he refused to receive it and became violent.
As confirmed by Benemérita sources, the agents went to Covadonga avenue after being warned that there was a person in a state of great disturbance. They were in support of the Local Police of Cangas de Onís and the health services. The man, a festival goer at the great Aquasella electronic music event with significant symptoms of intoxication, had barricaded himself at the entrance of a savings bank and, when the agents tried to calm him down, he began to beat them. He was out of it and in full “psychotic break”according to sources familiar with the facts.
There was a first attempt to hold him down to inject him with a tranquilizer, something that was achieved. But it was not enough and, when they were going to take him to put him in the ambulance, he began to want to attack the agents. One of them, the one who was injured, was punched and fell to the ground, hitting his head. Once on the floor, the violent assailant hit him again, this time with a direct kick to the head.
Finally, the agents managed to reduce the violent man to calm him down with an injection. The festival-goer is “about 40-50 years old”, although at first he seemed younger, but later it was discovered that he was wearing a toupee. He was arrested and taken to the hospital to calm his state of agitation due to intoxication. The wounded civil guard, for his part, was Transferred to the Hospital del Oriente, in Arriondas, with a head injury.
Dozens of natives and foreigners who were at that precise moment in the place observed the gruesome scene, while other agents of the police intervened. Benemérita and also members of the Local Police of Cangas de Onís, whom he also confronted. health services, who transferred the injured agent to the hospital and the arrested violent man to be treated clinically, tried to work in the place, but it was impossible for them due to the uncontrollable attacks of the man.
The young man, violent and upset, He continued in an aggressive attitude and throwing blows while the toilets tried to attend to the injured agent. From the Unified Association of Civil Guards they wished the speedy recovery of his partner.