Another person living on the streets of Badalona has died: that makes five so far this year

Five people have died on the streets of Badalona so far this year. According to the Badalona Acull platform, which confirmed the information to ARA, the latest victim was another homeless person, as reported by the Badalona NewspaperHe lost his life on February 15th while sleeping on the street in the Puigfred neighborhood.

In the first two months of the year, Raúl, Luis, Jordi, and a fourth man who also lived on the street but has not yet been identified had already died. Just three days ago, the residents of Badalona remembered them in a tribute ceremony in the Plaça de la Vila.

Jordi's case shocked the city just a week ago. He was a well-known butcher A 52-year-old man who had been living on the streets since his business went bankrupt was found dead on a bench in Elisa Reverter Square by neighbors. The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) confirmed that the body showed no signs of violence and that everything pointed to a natural death. Badalona Acull explains that right now in the city, governed by the PP (People's Party) of Xavier García Albiol, there are no support resources to accommodate homeless people, although the city council claims otherwise. "There is neither a shelter nor an emergency center, fundamental things in a city of 200,000 inhabitants," the organization denounces.