The Mossos d’Esquadra arrested two minors early Tuesday morning for their alleged involvement in the death of a well-known resident of Castellnou de Bages, aged 45. The victim, a gardener by profession and father of two young twins, received a stab wound to the chest. The first police officers who arrived at the scene tried to revive the injured man with cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers until the arrival of the SEM health services, but they could do nothing to save his life. The knife pierced his heart.
The news of the murder spread like wildfire in the town, which last night was celebrating the correfoc at the end of the major festival. In fact, the victim, Carles Vilajosana, was especially well known and loved throughout the Bages region and a regular participant in the correfoc, which he attended last night with his two children.
At around five in the morning, 112 operators received several calls alerting them to a fight in front of number 15 Sant Jaume Street in Manresa. While some patrols assisted the injured man until the ambulances arrived, others began searching for the perpetrators based on descriptions from witnesses who spoke of four young men. They managed to arrest two, both minors, although last night the Catalan police did not officially confirm the arrests.
One of the detainees is accused of being the material author of the stab that killed the man. Both are at the Mossos police station in Manresa, in the homicide group facilities of the central police region. The arrested individuals are well known to the Catalan and municipal police, have criminal records, and are, according to the same sources, “very problematic.” The other two involved in the fight have been identified, according to the same sources.
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The tragic incident began, according to several witnesses, with a fight, allegedly started by one of the detainees. When the victim confronted them, he received a single fatal stab wound.
The mayor of Castellnou de Bages, David Canyadó, told Regió7 that the victim was part of his circle of friends and described him as a non-confrontational person, “very well known and loved” in the town.
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