Thursday, March 28

Three detainees in Valencia accused of hate crime for racist insults to Vinícius


The National Police have arrested this Tuesday in Valencia three young people of Spanish nationality, between 18 and 21 years old, accused of an alleged crime related to the exercise of fundamental rights and public liberties.

The anti-racist club of Valencia CF, on the insults to Vinicius: “They are the usual ultras, we denounce them and they are still there”

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The arrests, according to National Police sources, are related to the racist insults that Real Madrid soccer player Vinícius Junior received at the Mestalla stadium last Sunday.

The Valencia Prosecutor’s Office officially opened investigative proceedings this Monday for an alleged hate crime in relation to these events and requested reports from the National Police to clarify the facts.

These arrests coincide with the arrest this Tuesday of four men in Madrid – three of them linked to the ultra group Frente Atlético and a fourth son of a civil guard agent – for allegedly hanging a doll with the shirt of Real Madrid footballer Vinícius Júnior on a bridge near the Ciudad Deportiva of the white club hours before a match between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid that was played at the end of January.

In the case of the Mestalla, the Police have announced the arrests moments after the Government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has confirmed that there were three identified for these events when asked by the police investigation about what happened on Sunday.

Videos from abroad

Bernabé, who has described what happened as an “unfortunate and reprehensible incident”, has stressed that the State Security Forces and Bodies “are working from the moment the incident occurred.” Asked if the police work also extends to the outside of the stadium, the delegate has asserted that she is “working with the videos” and has asked to let the Police “do their job”.

“The National Police continues to work, the members of the State Security Forces and Corps continue to work on the investigation and we are going to let it run its course so that this type of event does not occur again in a field like Mestalla” , has manifested. “These fans, of course, do not deserve what happened on Sunday,” he added.

Regarding whether the National Police or the Government Delegation in the Valencian Community consider taking some type of measure so that incidents like the one last Sunday can be avoided inside and outside the football fields, Bernabé has referred to the statement issued by the Superior Sports Council.

Campaign against racism on soccer fields

“He announced that he is working with both La Liga and the Football Federation to launch a campaign against racism on football pitches”, explained the delegate, who stressed that “there is nothing more antagonistic to the values ​​of sport and of Spanish society as a whole than racist and xenophobic manifestations”.

“Both the Higher Sports Council and La Liga and the Football Federation have also said it well, they are going to get to work precisely on this campaign to raise awareness and work against xenophobia and racism,” he concluded.



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