Police attacked protesters yesterday in Tenerife. Here is the report provided by lahaine.org:
A gathering had been called yesterday morning in front of the Victor theatre in Tenerife, where the PP party was holding a congress. At around 10am police violently attacked protesters, leaving 5 people injured and arresting 2 others.
One of the detainees, a boy, was charged with offense against authority. He was physically assaulted both at the time of the arrest, with the cops’ knees over his head and several baton beatings, and inside the van as he was heading to the police station, when he was beaten again with the batons. He was also attacked at the entrance of the police station and inside the cell. It should be pointed out that the boy suffers from anxiety and due to the tension of the events, he asked for medical help: for two hours he was kept in a backyard near the police station, with an increasing anxiety attack because of the high temperatures that can be reached inside a police van. When arriving at the police station he was attacked once again and kept in the same cell than the other girl arrested. Since he had not received medical care yet, he continued asking for it until cops opened the door and attacked the boy again by kicking him and tightening even more the handcuffs. He was taken to hospital and when he came back he was put in solitary confinement. Many were the marks left on his body: bruises on his back, knee injuries, wounds in the wrists and mainly cheek swelling.
The other girl arrested was charged with civil disobedience. She was physically attacked at the time of arrest and while being transferred to the police station, when she received constant provocations and psychological abuse.