The Civil Guard arrested this Monday afternoon a 36-year-old man with mental disorders, as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of serious injuries and serious threats with a knife to health personnel.
The events unfolded around 1:10 p.m. on Monday morning. Rosa, a nurse from the town, was attending to a patient at her home when she without a word received a strong blow from her son. The assistant who accompanied her on her visit was trying to help her when both were surprised by the aggressor who was heading towards them with a large knife -type axe-, uttering threats and with the intention of attacking them.
Fortunately, and contrary to what was reported at first, the man did not reach the health personnel since the aggressor’s brother was able to stop the attacker.
At that moment the two women took the opportunity to leave the home and go to the health center, where they were treated by two companions. Later, the victim was transferred to the University Hospital of Toledo.
The Valmojado Civil Guard set up a large device to locate the perpetrator after leaving the family home carrying the large knife with which he had threatened the health workers.
The operation, made up of agents from Citizen Security and the Investigation Area of the Valmojada Civil Guard, together with two brothers of the aggressor, bore fruit and, at around 8:00 p.m., the alleged perpetrator was located hidden on a road between the towns of Huts of Channels and Camarena.
Noticing the presence of the Civil Guard, the aggressor wielded the large axe-type knife, 24 centimeters long by 10 centimeters wide, facing the agents and ignoring the repeated instructions to throw it away. .
The aggressor began to run towards the urban center of Chozas de Canales, being overtaken by the civil guards and being detained before he reached the town.
Through the Emergency Service 112 of Castilla-La Mancha, medical services were requested for the care of the detainee due to a possible mental disorder. The health personnel evaluated his transfer to the Provincial Hospital of Toledo for his psychiatric care, confirming the relatives that this person suffers from mental disorders but that he does not take the medication.
Due to the unexpected outbreaks that he suffers, the Civil Guard established a security escort for health support to said hospital center, in order to guarantee the safety of the personnel who transferred him. The man was admitted and all the facts were brought to the attention of the judicial authority.
