Two gun incidents in eight hours in Barcelona: an arsenal in a car and a shooting
The Mossos d'Esquadra arrest a man in Vallcarca and are searching for a gunman in the Eixample district.
BarcelonaIn a single day, two incidents involving firearms have been recorded in Barcelona. The first was on Sunday afternoon, around 5 p.m., in the Gràcia district. An arsenal.
There was a submachine gun and two handguns, according to police sources. There were also silencers, ammunition, and cash.
Eight hours later, a few minutes after midnight, witnesses called the emergency line saying they had heard possible gunshots. They searched the scene and found bullet casings. Witnesses indicate there had been an exchange of gunfire linked to a local establishment. One person had opened fire and then fled.
The latest evidence of the use of firearms in Barcelona can be found in the crime in Eixample: two weeks ago they murdered A Serbian citizen was shot dead in broad daylight on Consell de Cent Street. The main hypothesis is revenge: according to police sources, the victim—who had a gun at home—was a member of the Serbian mafia and had participated in the murder of members of the rival Montenegrin mafia.
