A teenager was stabbed this morning at the gates of the Ciudad de la Justicia de València after allegedly being assaulted by the parents of a boy under 16. The teenager, who had recently come of age, died in a park in Burjassot in December 2021. The injured individual was treated by SAMU ambulance crews after suffering stab wounds to the neck, but he declined hospitalization at the scene.
Civil Guard agents overseeing forensic dependencies detained the father of the victim linked to the 2021 Burjassot crime. The father and, later, the mother were taken into custody as investigators gathered details on the alleged attempted murder involving the victim’s son and other relatives. The arrest followed the arrival of National Police officers who joined the investigation and helped secure the scene.
The incidents unfolded at around 11:00 a.m. after the injured man, who had just left a juvenile care facility that had been closed for the day, appeared before the Juvenile Court to discuss deportation measures pending trial for the murder he was accused of. The courtroom appearance preceded a larger investigation into the fatal violence that ensued outside the building.
Witnesses described a tense moment as the family members of the deceased victim reportedly waited for him outside the court. They were said to have attacked him with bladed weapons, including a large knife and an awl, according to accounts from those present at the scene.
Despite attempts by others to intervene, the aggression continued, and the bleeding from neck wounds was described as serious given the proximity to major blood vessels. As a result, both parents of the teenager who was killed years earlier were placed under arrest on suspicion of involvement in an attempted murder related to the ongoing case.
The injured man is currently awaiting trial for stabbing another 16-year-old boy in the heart on 5 December 2021 at La Granja Park in Burjassot. The two youths, both the same age, reportedly exchanged messages and provocations on social networks, which appeared to have escalated into real-world violence. Reports indicate that the accused aggressor, who was himself wounded in the later incident, had previously pursued the other boy with a gun and a knife, adding to the gravity of the confrontation and its consequences.