Overview
- A minor reported being sexually assaulted in a lonja in Basauri during the early hours of last Saturday, triggering a police investigation.
- The Ertzaintza opened an inquiry after the complaint and located and detained a 39-year-old man on Tuesday as the suspected perpetrator.
- The suspect is being held in police custody while investigators continue their work and he awaits presentation before a judge.
- The Ayuntamiento de Basauri issued a strong condemnation, offered municipal gender-violence resources to the victim and family, and local residents held a public vigil of about 200 people.
- Ertzaintza is the Basque autonomous police force and authorities stress the case is 'presunto' and subject to judicial process and legal privacy protections for the minor.