They investigate complaints of punctures to women in the Basque Country, Catalonia, Cantabria and Andalusia

• Events Maximum alert in Euskadi for punctures to women at parties with twelve cases investigated by the Police

• Catalonia Rise to 17 complaints for punctures in clubs in Catalonia

The Ertzaintza and the Mossos d'Esquadra investigate 30 assaults with punctures on women who were found in festive venues and nightclubs in the last two weeks.

Punctures likely linked to chemical submission attempts that have unleashed a real psychosis in France since last spring.

In Baiona, a Basque-French town located 40 kilometers north of the border with Spain, 113 punctures have been detected during the summer festivities that ended yesterday.

The pricks to women in arms and legs during nocturnal festive acts have multiplied since the last weeks in the

and in

.

Both the Ertzaintza and the Catalan regional police confirm 12 and 18 investigations, respectively, based on the information provided by the victims.

The testimonies collected so far in both autonomous communities repeat the same pattern: young people who feel a prick while dancing or sharing space with other young people and in a short space of time suffer from dizziness and even loss of control.

Investigations in France linked these assaults to attempted sexual offenses through chemical submission of the victims.

The alleged aggressors would use substances such as liquid ecstasy against their victims.

A hypothesis that, for the moment, the Ertzaintza does not confirm in Euskadi,

The Ertzaintza has not detected chemical remains in the 12 cases it analyzes

The Ertzaintza confirmed yesterday that it is investigating 12 complaints made by young people in recent days.

The latest attacks occurred in a

nightclub against two girls, two other women also suffered punctures at parties in

and two minors appeared before the Ertzaintza after suffering punctures at a concert in

.

The last victim of these punctures was reported in

, also when she was in a nightclub where three other punctures had already been detected.

Complaints that are made while sexual assaults are also reported in festive venues in

(Guipúzcoa), where two men were arrested.

In Catalonia, 12 of the 18 punctures that have been reported were in Lloret

In Catalonia there are already 18 cases of alleged chemical submission.

The Mossos d'Esquadra informed on Saturday that they are investigating a new complaint for a puncture in a local entertainment center in

.

A young woman went to the Emergency Department of

on Friday night after noticing the attack and the regional police took a statement from her in the same health center.

The alleged victim had not suffered sexual assault or robbery.

This complaint is added to the 16 filed by young women and a man in recent weeks in Catalonia.

Of these 17 cases, 12 were recorded in the tourist town of

(Girona) and five in

.

The Barcelona Urban Guard has attended

from women for punctures in nightclubs in the city, which increase the total number of cases so far in Catalonia to 19.

Precisely, the

has updated this weekend the operational document that aims to provide a "coordinated, comprehensive and efficient" response to the situation generated as a result of the detection of punctures in leisure spaces.

People who suspect they have been victims of this practice will be able to receive prophylaxis for exposure to

and will undergo urgent toxicological tests, in accordance with the new joint protocol of the Departments of

,

and the

of the Catalan Government.

Ertzaintza and Mossos d'Esquadra ask women who suffer punctures to seek immediate support in their environment, inform the Emergency Services and go quickly to health centers.

Medical specialists fear that the chemicals allegedly used will rapidly dissolve in the blood without leaving a trace.

They also investigate punctures in Andalusia and Cantabria

The

also maintains an investigation to clarify the complaint of a woman who claimed to have suffered two punctures in one arm in Malaga on July 8, and two women who claim to have been victims of a chemical submission puncture in a nightclub of

(Cádiz) this weekend.

In the case of Malaga, according to what was reported, the young woman, 22 years old and of French nationality, left the premises with a young foreigner whom she had met and then went to her apartment in the company of the boy.

The next morning, she woke up dizzy and observed two inoculation points compatible with two punctures on one of her arms.

Laboratory results are awaited to confirm whether the girl was inoculated with any chemical.

In the case of the incidents in El Puerto de Santamaría, sources from the National Police have explained to EFE that they are trying to clarify the facts and have advanced that in the medical analysis carried out on the victims no traces of toxic substances have been found.

The case has become known after a young woman, who is a Pharmacy student in Seville, denounced on her social networks that she had seen an attack with a syringe in a nightclub in the town of Cadiz.

According to her story, a friend noticed the prick when she went to the bathroom and that's when she saw a person with a syringe walk away from the place, which reminded her of similar cases she had seen on television.

The young woman assures that she returned to notify the people who were still in the premises and there she discovered that

while her friend was being treated in an ambulance.

The National Police keeps this investigation open as a result of the complaint they filed, which has been widely disseminated on social networks, as well as others reported in other towns in the province, such as a previous one at the Cabo de Plata Festival in Barbate.

Likewise, several people have received health care at the Marqués de Valdecilla Hospital for

(RBF Santander) held on Sunday, although all the tests carried out so far have been negative for drugs.

This has been reported to Europa Press by sources from the National Police, which throughout Sunday night has received

for alleged punctures of chemical submission.

Several people have received health care at the Valdecilla Hospital, which has carried out tests for the detection of toxins, although, so far, all of them have been negative.

However, the National Police is investigating the events that occurred this Sunday at the RBF Santander, which brought together thousands of young people from 1:00 p.m. on Sunday and until night at the Magdalena site.

During the festival, some social networks warned that punctures of chemical submission were taking place.

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