This Mossos d’Esquadra At six this Tuesday morning, they activated a device to arrest anyone involved in the fatal stabbing of a young man. parallel street Barcelona. There are almost a dozen detainees. Most of those surveyed are young and of Dominican nationality.
The incidents occurred when several customers leaving Brisas nightclub in the early morning of 30 October got into a fight and two young Moroccans were seriously injured with a knife. One died on the pavement, the other was hospitalized by ambulance from Sistema d’Emergències Mèdiques (SEM).
The victim’s death was captured on cell phones of some customers of the nightclub who witnessed the brawl. In that recording, which does not accompany this news, it is seen that the victim was breathing with great difficulty after being stabbed and was injured. Young man lying on his back on the pavement. There are several people around. One of them records it directly from a standpoint, which he obviously does not by hiding it, but by putting the phone on it. There are some statements from eyewitnesses who were next to the child who warned him that he would die. This happens after a few minutes. The video, which lasts only a few seconds, shows: no one helps him.
first prisoner
The day after the murder, Mossos arrested a 19-year-old boy for his involvement. Investigators only had indications of his involvement in the fight, although they did not know the extent to which he was involved. According to police sources consulted by this newspaper at the time, the investigation was ongoing and this arrest was a new step in tracking down the rest of the group.
This Tuesday morning, after four months of investigation, Mossos arrested everyone they thought was the perpetrator of this death, the causes of which have yet to be clarified. One of the hypotheses initially considered is that the two victims They would try to rob one of the club’s customers. and this could trigger an angry reaction from a few acquaintances.
The Catalan police see those under investigation not as members of a criminal organization, but as youths who acted together in the fight against the two victims, causing the death of one of them.
controversial night club
The Brisas nightclub, currently scheduled to be demolished by Barcelona City Council, has been involved in two murders in the last five years (February 2018 and October 2022) and has become a regular scene of publicly infuriated arguments or violent clashes. Residents of Avenida del Parallel. On Saturday, November 12, two weeks after the young Moroccan was stabbed to death, Mossos activated a device that entered the nightlife establishment while customers were dancing inside. The Catalan police deployed this operation only after three violent fights broke out in April. In June, a fight broke out with a person who was arrested for injury. In August, another person was arrested in another fight, and a person attacked with glass bottles was injured. There were two more fights in mid-September, in which one person was arrested and at the end of October the young Moroccan was killed.
The operation, which lasted more than two hours, resulted in the arrest of a client with a warrant. Another 11 clients were charged administratively for possession of narcotic substances, nine minors were proven to have used alcohol and an unauthorized access controller was employed at the workplace. Several bladed weapons were also found inside the building.
The most serious incident recorded at this facility, February 2018A 28-year-old Dominican national was shot several times by another client on the dance floor. At that time, the disco was called Koko Premium.
Barcelona City Council reported that after the crime in October, the Brisas nightclub was affected by a specific urban redevelopment plan approved at a general meeting in January 2022, which would imply its purpose. imminent destruction and student dormitory construction.