Several young people attacked last Saturday morning the statue of Don Juan Carlos I located in the Campo del Moro gardens, outside the Royal Palace and dependent on National Heritage.

The vigilantes and the Civil Guard agents managed to retain the perpetrators, who came to confront and assault members of the security service of the compound. They have been charged with one crime of injury and one of damage.

A National Heritage spokesman told EL MUNDO that the authors threw paint on the bronze statue and that same morning it was repaired by maintenance employees.

The events occurred early in the morning of last Saturday. Several young people entered the gardens of Campo del Moro and went to the bronze statue of the monarch. They threw paint and one of them tried to write something on the pedestal while a girl recorded the action with a mobile phone.

However, the security guards quickly came out and managed to retain the youth. Two of them resisted forcefully and beat the guards with minor injuries, according to union sources. The same sources explain that the girl who recorded the images escaped. The five detained youths were denounced by the Civil Guard for a crime of injuries and a crime of lack of movable property (damage).

Union sources have pointed out that surveillance of Antonio López's portrait entitled The Royal Family, which is located in the Alabarderos room of the Royal Palace, has also been reinforced to avoid attacks. National Heritage denied this point and pointed out that the painting does not have special surveillance.

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