Attempt to rob a man who was in a wheelchair and dies stabbed in Barcelona

BarcelonaThe Mossos d'Esquadra arrested a man in his 60s this Sunday midday for killing another in the Bon Pastor neighborhood of Barcelona. The victim, a young man, died from a stab wound to the chest. The incident took place on the street in broad daylight, but it was not part of a fight, but rather a robbery in which the victim was, allegedly, the perpetrator of the stabbing.

According to sources consulted by ARA, the police reconstruction of events suggests that the detainee, a man who was in a wheelchair and had respiratory problems — he was carrying an oxygen tank — noticed the suspicious behavior of a young man approaching him. According to his account, the young man snatched a chain from his neck with a strong tug. At that moment, supposedly the victim of the robbery defended himself by drawing a bladed weapon and stabbing the young man in the chest, who fell to the ground.

Mossos d'Esquadra units and emergency medical services (SEM) personnel were dispatched to the scene, but they could do nothing to save the young man's life. Immediately afterwards, the officers arrested the victim of the robbery as the alleged perpetrator of the violent death of the thief.

Although the arrested man claims he acted in self-defense, the Mossos are investigating it as a homicide. For the moment, they give credence to the detainee's version, who has been taken into preventive custody after appearing before the court. The deceased young man has several prior convictions for similar robberies.