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Altsasu incident (2016)
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The '''Altsasu incident''' is a judicial case against 8 youths from [[Altsasu]], a small town of [[Navarre]], Spain, for their alleged involvement in a fight taking place on 15 October 2016 at a bar in which two off-duty [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] officers stationed in the town and their girlfriends sustained injuries. The lawsuit conducted by the judge of the Spanish special court [[Audiencia Nacional (Spain)|Audiencia Nacional]] [[Carmen Lamela]]. One of the officers was knocked down, with the other victims reported to have suffered "psychological trauma".<ref> AP|first=Aritz|date=2018-04-16|work=Washington Post|access-date=2018-04-29|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The verdict is due to be heard by April 2018.
==Evolution of events==
The incident immediately attracted a rush of attention from the Spanish media, and the Audiencia Nacional demanded soon on the transfer of the case from its jurisdictional tribunal in [[Pamplona]] over to the special court with a sit in Madrid, a request confirmed by the [[Supreme Court of Spain]], despite the regional tribunal's dismissal of terrorism charges.<ref></ref>
The 8 youths accused were charged with a string of offences including 'terrorism', 3 of them were remanded and held under special regime, with the others being released on bail. They face sentences of 62 years imprisonment one of them, 50 years the rest, except for one liable to 12.<ref></ref>
==Reactions==
The public prosecutor's and the judge's heavy-handed approach against the defendants has rallied the explicit support of ETA victims associations, [[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Ciudadanos]] and the [[People's Party (Spain)|Spanish Conservatives]] in office, as they see a link to an "[[ETA]] strategy" in the alleged assault based on Civil Guard reports.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Just the opposite, it has stirred outcry and perplexity among many political, social and institutional sectors in [[Alsasua – Altsasu|Altsasu]], [[Navarre]], and the [[Southern Basque Country|Basque Country]] altogether, most of the times calling into question the official account of events.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> [[Amnesty International]], while labelling the incident "a very serious offence", has equally pointed to the risk of trivialization and ambiguity of the 'terrorism' charge, as well as "lack of proportion" in the indictments requested.<ref></ref>
==References==
==See also==
* [[La Manada sexual abuse case]]
==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=SOxURRhgJTo Amateur mobile video footage presented as evidence]
May 03, 2018 at 06:04AM
