Sexual assaults skyrocket in Madrid: 12 cases in the last 15 days

Sexual

are on the rise.

In the last two weeks, 15 cases have been recorded, half of them in the capital of Madrid, according to data from the National Police, the Civil Guard and the Madrid Municipal Police.

That means that

in this strip of the month of November.

The data from the Ministry of the Interior for the first six months of this year already revealed that

, going from 123 cases to 137 in the first half of 2022. In other words, from January to June there was almost

in the region.

As for Madrid capital, the situation is similar.

In the first six months of the year there were 79 sexual assaults in the city compared to 71 in 2021, 11.3% more.

Of the 15 sexual assaults recorded in recent days, the Municipal Police has intervened in seven.

Only on the last weekend of November,

managed by Madrid municipal agents occurred in the capital, which ended with

, as confirmed by a spokesperson for the Municipal Police.

In addition, another minor under the age of 16 reported

on Thursday of last week

.

neighborhood patrols

Collado Villalba

is another of the municipalities in the region where some of these violent episodes have also been recorded, which

because a sexual assault on a minor and two other attempts in the area have been reported. from La Coruña Park.

The residents are very concerned and

with posters warning of the presence of an alleged rapist who attacked the 16-year-old girl on the street in Playa de Freixira and threatened to kill her if she told anything.

During the 24 hours of the day,

.

"My daughter is terrified and doesn't want to leave the house, the neighborhood cannot be allowed to be as it is," explains Óscar, father of a 15-year-old girl and one of the promoters of this neighborhood revolt against the alleged rapist.

"We feel calm supporting each other among the neighbors and taking the measures that are necessary," he commented.

The Civil Guard agents are looking for a young man, with blond hair and a tattoo on his arm, as the perpetrator of the rape of the minor.

and more police presence to guarantee the safety of the minors in the neighborhood.

Two of Villalba's parents who carry out patrols to prevent further aggression.EM

Also, in Villalba, the Civil Guard arrested a 38-year-old man accused of

a 45-year-old woman on whom he pounced in this municipality in the Sierra de Madrid.

The events occurred at dawn on Saturday, November 26, when an individual attacked a woman who had just parked her car near her home on Isla de Lobeira street in the Parque de La Coruña area, sources from the Command have confirmed. of the Civil Guard of Madrid.

The alleged attacker began to touch her private parts, while

.

At that moment, the man ran away.

The woman provided the Civil Guard with the description of the individual, who was arrested shortly after.

This is JLRG, a 38-year-old Spanish man with a criminal record for similar crimes and sexist violence.

This arrest is added to another recent one, that of a 17-year-old teenager who allegedly assaulted a girl, also a minor, who was

.

The attacker pounced on her with the idea of ​​pushing her inside her and raping her.

The victim tried to sneak away and ask for help, while her attacker threatened to kill her.

At that moment, a person arrived at the portal and the offender ran away from the place.

Given these facts, the Civil Guard deployed a device that allowed

, to whom this latest attack and some other aggression are attributed, police sources indicated.

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