The alleged attacker of seven monks within the Gilet monastery arrested | Spain | EUROtoday

A person has been arrested throughout the early hours of this Sunday because the alleged perpetrator of the assault with sticks and bottles suffered the day earlier than by at the least seven monks of the congregation of the Holy Spirit of Mount Gilet (Valencia), as reported by the Provincial Command of the Civil Guard. Sources from the investigation have specified that the person, 46 years outdated and of Spanish nationality, is detained on the Puçol submit, ready to be delivered to justice, anticipated tomorrow, Monday. “A person entered and began to beat the poor friars, room by room, creating a chaotic situation within the monastery. Thank you that there were no guests in the inn and only the friars were there…”, defined the mayor of Gilet, Salva Costa.

The assault occurred on Saturday morning, when the attacker entered the monastery grounds by leaping over a fence and reached the rooms of a number of spiritual, on one of many higher flooring. As defined by different members of the congregation, witnesses of what occurred, the person entered the rooms and attacked them with sticks and a bottle shouting “I am Jesus Christ and I am going to kill the friars.” One of the victims is in vital situation, one other in severe situation, and 5 extra had been injured to various levels and are hospitalized. All of the injured are between the ages of 57 and 95.

Costa has defined that within the Monastery of Santo Espíritu that they had by no means seen a state of affairs like this as a result of it’s a place “of spirituality”, a “quiet place” the place solely seven Franciscans stay and the place folks sometimes come to organize for exams and religious workout routines. “It is an unthinkable thing, here one always has the doors open to everyone (…). Therefore, it is something that has caught us all off guard,” he stated.

The Gilet City Council, by means of social networks, despatched a message of “calm and tranquility” to the inhabitants on Saturday, informing that all through the evening and “until necessary” a number of Civil Guard patrols had been “looking for to the architect of this atrocious act.” Finally, this Sunday the council confirmed the arrest of the alleged aggressor and thanked the police for his or her “enormous work.”