Arrested after barricading his Vitoria home with an ax for hours

As one of the residents told Efe, it started early in the morning in a building on Nueva Street, where a man broke their mailbox. cut off the switches of electricity and internetobjects thrown from windows, broken doors and skylights.

First, the Local Police teams were sent to the scene, and then Ertzaintza and the firefighters wanted to intervene in the incident. threatened to burn the building down.

The area was cordoned off and the residents of the block were evacuated as a precaution. For the same reason, it was decided to cut off the gas supply.

man in the beginning He barricaded himself in his home but then he agreed on the roof of the building from where he threw tiles on the road. The man was carrying an ax and machete, with which he threatened the first agents on the scene.

In addition to toilets and firefighters, special units of the district police, including a mediator and snipers, participated in the operation. The use of drones has also been used to control the movements of the individual during his time on the roof.

on the roof a few hours remained, and around half past six in the afternoon the man changed positions and descended into the street, but soon afterwards returned to the building to barricade himself again.

Shortly after, firefighters placed a large mat on the street in case the man decides to jump off the roof.

Smoke started to come out of the house all of a sudden, which accelerated the course of events. firefighters you entered the building and controlled the man-made fireHe was shot down and detained at a quarter to eight in the afternoon, as reported by the Security Department.