The phenomenon also affects France.
Spanish police are investigating after dozens of testimonies and complaints from young women in recent weeks claiming to have received injections at parties.
In the background: the fear of being injected with a chemical product for the purpose of sexual assault.
For the time being, toxicological analyzes have not detected any trace of toxic product and no violence has been reported.
In Catalonia, the police have counted 23 cases, most of them in the tourist town of Lloret de Mar, but also in Barcelona, while in the Basque Country, the police have received twelve complaints in the past two weeks.
No attacks reported so far
The stories are similar: the victims, mostly young women, are in the evening when they feel a sting, usually in the arm or leg, before feeling dizzy or drowsy shortly after, according to a press release. of the Basque police.
But the analyzes carried out so far have not detected any trace of drugs and no sexual assault has been reported, as happens after attempts at chemical submission.
Similarly, no other crimes or misdemeanors, such as thefts, have been reported.
Similar testimonies began to multiply in 2021 in the United Kingdom, then this year in France, where nearly 800 complaints had been recorded as of June 16.
In Spain, eight complaints were filed during the famous San Fermin celebrations in Pamplona in early July.
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