A 39-year-old man died today at the La Princesa Hospital in Madrid after being

attacked last Friday in Velilla de San Antonio (Madrid) by a group of young people and minors

.

The group of Judicial Police of the Civil Guard of Rivas has taken charge of the investigations and at the moment there are no detainees.

The crime has unleashed a great outrage in the municipality and the residents have come out on Saturday and Sunday to demonstrate peacefully demanding justice and security.

The murdered man is Iván Vaquero Sanz, a very dear neighbor in the town since his family is one of the best known in town.

According to the first inquiries, last Friday evening Iván was rebuked by a young man while he was at the door of his house.

The individual who had the fight with Iván left to look for his friends, according to several people.

The alleged assailants immediately appeared at the scene and after a small row began to beat and assault Iván.

The man was kicked in the head and lay unconscious on the ground.

He was transferred to the Hospital de La Princesa in a very serious condition.

At the medical center, he fell into a coma and finally died on Sunday.

The City Council of Velilla has issued a statement this afternoon where it "

expresses the strongest condemnation of the aggression suffered by a neighbor of our town,

and whose serious consequences have caused his death, and transfers the support, solidarity and affection to the family and friends of the mortal victim. "

Likewise, it has decreed three days of official mourning and has called a demonstration today, Monday at 12.00 in the Plaza de la Constitución.

The neighbors of Velilla were immediately aware of the attack and called a peaceful demonstration in support of Iván last Saturday afternoon.

Today Sunday they have returned to the streets of the municipality asking for more security and demanding measures against a group of minors and young people who are altering the coexistence of the municipality with their robberies and attacks.

Several people have shown posters demanding a safe town and others have rebuked the socialist government team

for not having acted before against this group of gang members.

The brother of the deceased has asked that "he remain calm

and that he does not justify any type of violent act or vandalism that may occur in the name of my brother. I repeat, please, let us remain calm in these hard times, I know that many of you loved me brother, but surely he would not justify any violent act on his behalf.

Let the people who are conducting the investigation act

and really the best way to help is by giving all the information you can to the local police of Velilla so that they can help you. transfer to whom it may concern ".

Several neighbors have explained that among Iván's aggressors there are minors and that at least one of them has been able to leave the municipality when he learned that he was wanted by the Civil Guard.

"The inquiries are well advanced

and the first arrests could take place in the next few hours," police sources said.

Velilla de San Antonio is a municipality of 13,000 inhabitants located in the east of the region and about 20 kilometers from the capital.

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