The Civil Guard A 46-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the attack against the religious of the Santo Espíritu del Monte convent, located in the Valencian town of Giletperpetrated this Saturday morning, as confirmed by investigation sources.
The arrested person has been transferred to the Civil Guard barracks in Puçol after having been arrested during the early morningthe same sources have detailed. After the attack, it began the search for the alleged perpetrator of the facts. As the Benemérita explained this Saturday, after jumping the monastery fence, the attack on seven of the religious who were there, one of whom is in critical condition. Other knowledgeable sources pointed out that the aggressor had used a cane, a crosier and even a glass bottle in the attack to hit the friars.
From the Emergency Information and Coordination Center (CICU) they detailed that different health resources were mobilized to the place. Specifically, a SAMU has moved to a 76 year old male by head trauma to the Clinical Hospital of Valencia; while SVB units have transferred three others injured due to trauma or bruises to the Sagunto hospital. These are three men aged 57, 66 and 95 years old.
This Sunday, the CICU reported that the 76-year-old man remains admitted to the Clinical Hospital With a reserved prognosis, the 95-year-old has been transferred from the Sagunto hospital to the Clinic, where he remains admitted; The 66-year-old is admitted to the Sagunt hospital; and the 57 was discharged.
“Calm and tranquility”
For its part, the Gilet City Council, via social networks, confirmed this Sunday the arrest of the alleged aggressor of the religious of Santo Espíritu and has thanked the security forces and bodies of the State for its “enormous work.”
After learning of the attack on the monastery, the consistory sent a letter this Saturday message of “calm and tranquility” to the population and reported that throughout the night “and until necessary” several Civil Guard patrols would be “looking for the architect of this atrocious act”, a search that would end hours later.
“There were no guests and only the friars were there”
Along these lines, the mayor of Gilet, Salva Costa, has recounted the events that occurred on Saturday: “A person entered and He began to beat the poor friarsroom by room, creating a chaotic situation inside the monastery, thanks to the fact that there were no guests in the inn and only the friars were there.” Regarding the alleged perpetrator of the events, he stated that the town knows “nothing” about him : “Everyone has been surprised because He was not known either in the house or by the people.“.
The municipal official has stated that in the Monastery of Santo Espíritu They have never seen a situation like this because it is “a place of spirituality”, where many people go, a “quiet” place where “only seven Franciscan fathers live” and where “people occasionally come to prepare for exams and spiritual exercises.” “It’s one thing that it’s unthinkableHere everyone always has the stalls open. Furthermore, the work that these people – the religious – do is totally dedicated to those most in need. Therefore, it is something that has caught us all off guard,” he acknowledged.
“See the situation and if they need anything”
The mayor himself went to the monastery this Saturday and Sunday to inquire about the situation of the friars: “I have a very direct relationship, I, the people of Gilet, and I was here with them and I come to visit them to see.”
Costa has detailed that on Saturday he was not able to see one of the religious who were discharged from the hospital, although he did managed to “talk to him at night on the phone”so he went to visit him again this Sunday “to see what condition he is in, if they need anything, and to see the situation.”