Six police officers injured by stones in the Príncipe neighborhood in Ceuta

Six agents from the riot units were greeted with stones on Friday night in the souk of the Principe Alfonso neighborhood Police officers had scheduled an entry into a house along with Udyco members Eyewitnesses have explained that the police operation was interrupted by a stoning to which the agents responded with shots in the air on several occasionsSeveral agents of the anti-riot units (UPR and UIP) attached to the Superior Headquarters of the Ceuta National Police have had to pass through the University Hospital of Ceuta during the night of this Saturday the autonomous city after being hit by the stones with which they were received around 9:00 p.m. this Friday in the souk of the Prince Alfonso neighborhood, where they had scheduled an entry into a house with members of the Udyco. Witnesses witnesses have explained that the police operation was interrupted by a stoning to which the agents responded with shots into the air on several occasions. During the altercations several officials were hit by objects thrown by the aggressors, one of them in the head, although the Superior Headquarters has not provided information about its evolution. In the controls established after incidents at the entrances to the neighborhood, the closest to the border perimeter that separates Ceuta from Morocco, led to the arrest of at least one person. Once calm was restored, half a dozen vans and Corps patrols moved to ” know first-hand the state of health” of their colleagues to the emergency room of the University Hospital, a place that they left after midnight. Beyond specific interventions, the National Police has kept open the so-called ‘Operation Plomo’ since Easter, which aims to end with the clashes with knives and firearms that have been taking place regularly for six months between two sick gangs rented for taking control of illicit activities in the city. The Ministry of the Interior has periodically dispatched members of specialized units to the autonomous city since last April, when a teenager died after being shot in the head. and even the Special Operational Security Groups (GOES) to reinforce the staff of the Superior Headquarters and expand the number of controls and patrols that are carried out, especially in neighborhoods such as Principe and Los Rosales.