There has been a crime in Manresa, which leaves two children without a father and a whole town devastated. Carles Vilajosana, the victim, was a much-loved neighbour in Castellnou de Bages and throughout the region, as he had worked at the Mas de Sant Iscle winery, and everyone knew him. In these circumstances, the Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon, wanted to emphasize that "the two minors detained for the crime were born in Catalonia", after politicians and youtubers had insinuated or stated that the arrested were immigrant minors.
Being born in Catalonia, regardless of where their parents are from, does not alter the perception of those who speak with an Islamophobic tone on social media or their channels. When we had details of the Rambla attacks, we lamented that the boys, who were Muslim, or became so, "spoke Catalan", as if to say that integration and schooling are useless. However, if it is not relevant that the murderers are Muslim, it should not be relevant that they are Catalan either. It is very relevant that they tell us, that they give us all the details, because what often happens is that, depending on the situation, the origin of the murderer is hidden, and depending on the situation, it is not. We have reached the extreme that if we read in the newspaper that "a man" has attacked a German citizen, we already suspect where the man is from, because if he were Catalan, we would already know.
No, it is not relevant, or perhaps it is, where the murderers are from. Because this citizen, who must have come from the correfoc, will not return home. What is relevant, what is unbearable, is what Manresa is becoming. A fatal stabbing committed by boys who have not yet turned eighteen in the street during a festival night? We must not bury our heads in the sand, give all, all the information about the murderers, whatever it may be, and ensure that those of us who walk through - as they call it - the heart of Catalonia do so without fear.
