Agents of the National Police have arrested a 22-year-old in Elche (Alicante) for
biting off part of another man's ear
.
Later, he posted a video on a popular social network where he made fun of the victim and used racist insults.
At the time of his arrest, the alleged perpetrator indicated that he had flushed his ear down the toilet.
The investigation began when the victim went to the Elche National Police station to request help.
In his complaint, he told the agents that he had suffered a
serious physical attack
by a person who had bitten part of his ear off.
In addition, he was seriously shocked by the
racist insults
that the alleged aggressor gave him in a video in which he also made fun of him, the National Police reported in a statement.
After several steps, the agents verified that the alleged perpetrator had uploaded the video to a well-known social network in which he showed the part of the torn ear on a bloody napkin, while mocking and insulting the victim with motives racists.
Despite the fact that the video had already been deleted, the police managed to recover it and verify that it
had been reproduced almost 1,000 times
.
That same day, the agents located and arrested the perpetrator, accused of an
alleged crime of injuries and another of hate
.
At the time of his arrest, the detainee indicated that he had disposed of his ear after flushing it down the toilet.
The police have found that those involved began the discussion days ago through the same social network, when the attacked tried to mediate a fight with a third party.
His intervention made him a victim when he began to receive insults and threats from the alleged perpetrator, until he carried out the physical attack.
The 22-year-old detainee has had numerous previous arrests and has already been brought before the judicial authority.
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