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The Community of Madrid has expressed «its concern» and has requested «preventive and reactive» measures from the Government Delegate of Spain, Francisco Martín, following the recent riots in the capital. The regional government asks the delegate to implement the necessary «preventive and reactive» measures to ensure security in the region, and offers the services of 112 for this purpose.
The letter is signed by the Minister of Interior Carlos Novillo, who has stated that these events are «seriously compromising the safety on our streets».
«I urge you to implement all necessary preventive and reactive measures within the scope of your responsibilities,» he said.
Novillo has reminded that the teams of the Security and Emergencies Agency Madrid 112 are available to the Government Delegation for «a meeting with the aim of addressing this issue».
Two men seriously injured by a knife in Lavapiés
Two men aged 23 and 30 were seriously injured by a knife last Friday in an attack on Mesón de Paredes Street, in Lavapiés.
In addition, the National Police arrested a father and a son, aged 66 and 38 respectively, on Thursday for repeatedly stabbing a 46-year-old man after a fight in a bar in Puente de Vallecas. «These events are significantly affecting the citizens and the image of Madrid as a leading tourist destination.
Delegation reproaches Ayuso for creating «alarm»
The Government Delegate of Madrid, Francisco Martín, has reproached the Executive of Isabel Díaz Ayuso for creating «alarm» about insecurity in the region in order to «instill fear» to gain «some kind of advantage».
He has responded by letter to both the Madrid President, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the Minister of Interior, Carlos Novillo.
Martín has criticized the «unthinkable exercise of tremendous irresponsibility just practiced» by the regional government to create «the worst kind of political spasm» that «only seeks to gain notoriety».
Crime in Madrid: fewer murders and violent robberies, but more rapes and riots
Martín has emphasized the low crime rates in the Community of Madrid over the past decade and that his work is to «continue improving», but for this, «rigor and proportionality are needed» while Ayuso’s Government «only seeks to instill fear to gain any advantage».
