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Two Serious Assaults in Basque Country Leave Victims Hospitalized and Suspects Detained

Regional police have opened investigations into both incidents while hospitals treat victims for severe injuries.

Overview

  • In Irun, police say a person was stabbed in the abdomen and arm by two men and required urgent surgery; one suspect has been detained and another is being investigated.
  • In Bilbao, officers arrested a 39-year-old man after a fight with his roommate in which the victim suffered a partial amputation of a finger and was evacuated to hospital.
  • The Ertzaintza reported both detentions and provided the basic facts to local media, but investigators have not published charges or completed their inquiries.
  • Medical teams treated both victims for life-threatening trauma in one case and for severe limb injury in the other, and both remain under hospital care.
  • The regional police force, cited by the Basque Department of Security and local outlets, is leading the early-stage criminal proceedings under Spain's serious-injury statutes.