A man was arrested for entering a Madrid police station with a knife and threatening officers

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Madrid Municipal Police arrested a man who entered a unit of the Corps in the area. Villa de Vallecas He threatened to use a knife and attack the agents if they did not comply with his demands, after which he was relieved of his duties.

Events took place in history This Tuesday at 11.00 Police sources informed EFE that the arrested person entered the offices at the back of the building with a knife in his hand to protest the responses to a series of complaints he made.

The man asked menacingly if he had to. “Kill the police officer” So they would watch out for him, he was then held up at gunpoint and then subdued by an agent who was in the building.

While there were no injuries in the fight, sources said: Considered to have terrorist motivation because it seemed that the man had the intention of showing his displeasure rather than attacking the people present.

After learning of the incident, the general secretary of the Municipal Police Union of Madrid (UPM), Jaime Johnson, In his statements to EFE, he demanded that the security doors of Villa de Vallecas, Usera, Arganzuela and Moratalaz units, which have been broken for years, be repaired.

These demands were made many times. General Directorate of Police Johnson added that these incidents were reported to the health and safety committee with no response.

The fact that these entrances, which protect the security perimeter of police stations, are generally guarded by officers who do not carry firearms, increases the insecurity for police officers and citizens, in addition to the poor condition of the doors. UPM prevention representative, Julian Garcia.

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