The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) are investigating two sexual assaults in Sant Joan de les Abadesses, in the Ripollès region. The two incidents are not believed to be related, although they occurred five days apart in a town of just over 3,000 inhabitants. Municipal sources admit that the town is shocked, and the City Council has called for a protest this Friday at 6 p.m. in the Plaça Major (Main Square). The first sexual assault took place on the night of February 26-27 at a residence in the town. A young woman, over 18, reported that she had been assaulted by a young man. The Mossos are already investigating this case, which has not yet resulted in any arrests. Initially, it appears that the complainant and the alleged perpetrator knew each other. The second assault occurred this Wednesday night on the street in a residential area of ​​Sant Joan. The victim is a middle-aged woman who, according to her report, was assaulted by a young man. The assailant allegedly held her captive and threatened her with a knife, which caused several cuts. During the assault, the man allegedly groped her, but the woman managed to escape and call emergency services. The victim was taken to the hospital, where she was treated for superficial cuts.

Emma de Barcelona, ​​​​daughter of Guifré el Pelós and one of the most influential figures of the Catalan Middle Ages, will be the protagonist of a board game. The project, namedAbbatiza, aims to bring to the tabletop the political, judicial and ecclesiastical clashes that marked the history of the monastery of San Juan de las Abadesas, founded in 887. The publisher Snafu and Barbarroc Creations are working on the design of the game, which is expected to hit stores in 2026. revolve around wars, but we wanted to focus on a non-armed conflict, on power tensions and how they were resolved," Gerard Muñoz, the project's driving force and author of the game's design, explains to ACN. This approach is based on a specific historical episode, the trial of June 15, 913, in which Emma defended the rights of the monastery before her brother counts. "She played her cards very well and ended up accumulating as many properties as they did, something they didn't like," adds Muñoz.

Rescue teams found the body of the missing Catalan hiker on Wednesday. due to the avalanche of snow that occurred this Monday on the highest mountain in Armenia, the Aragats, which reaches an altitude of over 4,000 meters. The victim's name was David Sala, fifty years old, and a resident of Sant Joan de les Abadesses, in the Ripollès region. He was an experienced hiker, according to sources close to him, and he set out accompanied by eight other experienced skiers on this ski mountaineering expedition that ended tragically. The other mountaineers, all Catalans, were able to escape the avalanche and were rescued in time.