Members of the

Ertzaintza

were greeted with the

launch of bottles and stones

on Saturday when they

tried to

prevent

illegal gathering of about thirty people where they were drinking on the street in Santurtz

i.

The

'bottles'

weekend and holidays have become risk interventions for the Basque police -

two policemen were injured in Santurtz

i- agents and local police.

Unions with

ErNE

, the majority in the Basque Police, and

Esan have pointed directly to the Abertzale Left

for supporting with the statements of Arnaldo Otegi and Maddalen Iriarte the groups of young people who confront the ertzainas and local police.

Santurtzi, Pasaia and San Sebastián were

once again the scene of interventions by the Ertzaintza in the face of violators of the restriction regulations that lead to confrontations, which are repeated during the last weekends or on holidays such as last Wednesday on the day of San Sebastián , patron of the capital of San Sebastian.

The incidents in Santurtzi began around half past nine at night when a patrol in the role of citizen protection, circulating in the Mamariga area, noticed the presence of a group of more than

30 people

, some of them without wearing a mask. and without respecting the safety distance, thus breaching the health measures against Covid-19.

At one point, they began to invade part of the road, making it difficult for people and vehicles to pass, in addition to calling out and insulting the police force.

When the agents intervened to proceed with their identification, they were surrounded, and more people approached the place.

Subsequently, and

in a violent manner

, two officers were injured and had to be assisted in health centers.

One of them required a

surgical suture in the jaw

, in addition to multiple bruises on the body.

The second has had an

immobilization splint

placed

on one arm

.

With the arrival of more police resources to the area, the Ertzaintza was able to control the situation and arrest one of the alleged perpetrators of the attack, for

crimes of assault on an agent and injuries

.

Tension in the area multiplied when an individual

crossed his car on the road in front

of the police

patrols

to prevent their passage and to help the rest of the patrols.

The Ertzaintza proceeded to arrest two individuals aged 34 and 44 respectively during these incidents.

Another intervention by the Ertzaintza in the Old Town of San Sebastián was also responded to with the launching of bottles and rockets.

The groups of alboratadores participated in a bottle called by social networks in the Plaza de la Trinidad, the place where the attacks began last Wednesday and which resulted in 8 police officers injured and 4 arrested.

Nine people were identified

in these altercations, which ended at around 10:00 pm.

Similar incidents began at 9 at night in

Pasaia with a score of young people who

were holding a bottle in a square.

The Ertzaintza patrols were greeted with insults and the throwing of bottles.

In addition,

a container was set on fire

.

Around 10:30 p.m., normality returned.

Both the Ertzaintza police unions and, in a more subtle way, the government delegate

Denis Itxaso

singled out the Abertzale Left for supporting these groups and attacking the Ertzaintza's behavior in these incidents.

.

"The manifestations of the Sortu leaders against the Ertzaintza and the local police forces cause and protect this violence,"

said ErNE, the majority union of the Ertzaintza.

They have also called on the Basque institutions to "put a stop to this violence" against the Basque police and have requested that the judiciary and the prosecutor's office apply the law "in proportion to the crime of attack against agents of the authority."

Esan, for his part, has directly pointed out the coordinator of EH Bildu Arnaldo Otegi and the parliamentary spokesperson Maddalen Iriarte.

"

The recklessness of Otegi and Iriarte is unparalleled

and Esan wants to show its deep concern at this fact. Everything is not valid in the political game," they have warned.

For his part, the government delegate Denis Itxaso has supported the agents of the Ertzaintza and the Local Police and pointed out that "delegitimizing the action of the police entails risks."

The seriousness of the incidents and their repetition during the last weekends have also forced the Security Councilor and Vice President

Josu Erkoreka

to appear before the media to highlight the "exemplary behavior" of the ertzainas and local police officers in the face of the "unsupportive and irresponsible attitude "from these groups.

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