An agent of the Civil Guard of Ceuta was injured this afternoon in the border perimeter which separates the city from Morocco when attacked with a hook by an immigrant that he had just jumped over the fence and that it had injured his arm.
According to an armed institute spokesperson, the incident occurred when officers went to an intermediate area of the fence to search a group of people that they had managed to cross the double barrier, located ten meters high.
One of the immigrants, who was hiding in the undergrowth already on Spanish soil, began to attack with a hook carried out in an artisanal manner against the agents, injuring one of them in the arm.
The agent had to be transferred to a medical center to assess the extent of the injuries sustained while the immigrant, from Sub-Saharan Africa, was arrested.
In a statement, the United Association of the Civil Guard (AUGC) described the incident as a “attempted murder” emphasizing that this happened on an “intense and dangerous” day for officers due to the numerous attempts to enter either by swimming or jumping over the fence.
“What happened is very serious since a civil guard was savagely attacked by a migrant armed with a hook, the attack was aimed directly at his head and it could have been an irreversible tragedy, but in the end, a deep injury occurred to the arm,” argued the AUGC to explain the event.
The organization denounced “absolute numerical inferiority and the media as violence against officers escalates with harmful weapons while the Interior continues to deny us the protection we deserve.
Migration pressure
This Saturday, at least some 20 immigrants managed to enter illegally in Ceuta, mainly by jumping into the water from the Moroccan coasts closest to the city of Ceuta.
Meanwhile, another group of around 40 sub-Saharan attempted to access the city by crossing the double fence of the border perimeter, a dozen of whom reached their objective and went to the Temporary Stay Center for Immigrants (CETI).
The immigrants who entered came from countries such as Sudan, Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso.
The Civil Guard said they associate these entry attempts with Storm Emilia, as immigrants believe the unfavorable weather conditions cause a greater presence of agents on both sides of the fence.
Nevertheless, Moroccan gendarmerie worked together to prevent more immigrants from reaching the sea or the border area.
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