Two soldiers were injured and four Moroccans were arrested after a new aggression recorded during the early hours of Friday to Saturday in Ceuta, where a large group allegedly threw stones at personnel deployed near the Foso Real.
The attack occurred near a Shell gas station and in front of El Chorrillo beach, in an area where the soldiers were conducting surveillance duties. According to police sources cited by Spanish media, the personnel began to receive stone throws from a large group and alerted a patrol from the Rural Security Group (GRS) of the Civil Guard that was nearby.
The intervention of the agents initially allowed the arrest of three of the aggressors. However, a fourth individual managed to escape towards the beach. The soldiers then initiated a pursuit and managed to catch him on the sand, where he was held until the arrival of the Civil Guard agents.
Finally, four people were arrested and transferred to police facilities for the instruction of the corresponding proceedings. Authorities will now have to determine the individual responsibility of the detainees and the exact circumstances surrounding the attack.
Two soldiers were injured during the intervention. One of the personnel suffered minor injuries after falling while trying to move away from the area during the stone throwing. The second injured was a sergeant, who suffered an elbow injury and a bleeding wound after falling to the ground during a struggle with one of the individuals he was trying to subdue.
The new episode of violence occurs just a day after another aggression against soldiers recorded in Benzú and increases concerns about the safety of personnel deployed at various points in Ceuta.
In the previous incident, a group of between 30 and 40 migrants allegedly surrounded a military vehicle in which four personnel were present and began throwing large stones at the car. The soldiers were injured and had to abandon the vehicle to seek safety.
After that attack, twelve people were arrested and placed at the disposal of the judiciary. Eleven acknowledged their participation in the events and accepted a two-year prison sentence, which was replaced by their expulsion to Morocco and a five-year ban on returning to Spain. The twelfth detainee denied participating in the aggression and remains in provisional detention.
