The Mossos d'Esquadra are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on Saturday night in the Raval neighborhood. The agents are looking for the perpetrator after receiving citizen alerts circulating on social media.
The incident took place around 9:50 PM in Castella square, very close to Tallers street. Several users disseminated the information through the social network X, which prompted official confirmation by police sources to the media outlet betevé.
Investigation gathers evidence without formal complaint
The Ciutat Vella Investigation Unit has taken on the case and is working on gathering evidence and testimonies to identify the suspect. The victim, a woman of legal age, is well and did not require hospital assistance.
He has not yet filed a report with the authorities. Police sources explain that it is common for several days to pass before the affected person goes to the police station, but they insist that filing the report is essential to advance in the search for the aggressor and support any subsequent legal proceedings.
This event coincides in time with another investigation opened in the Fòrum area. Around midnight, a young woman was allegedly assaulted by two men in a restroom at the venue where the April Fair is being held.
Double focus of police attention in Barcelona
Security forces maintain both lines of investigation open simultaneously. The temporal coincidence of the events in two distant points of the city concentrates the attention of the investigation teams during these days.
The local police locate witnesses and review surveillance cameras in the vicinity of Castella square. The immediate objective is to establish the identity of the aggressor in El Raval through the evidence obtained in the first few hours.