The Spanish Police speak of "suicide"
and point to school bullying to investigate the case of the Argentine twins who jumped from a third floor in Barcelona,
in a tragedy that continues to shock Catalan society and as hours pass They learn more details that would reveal the reasons for the fatal decision.
As it turned out, Alana, the twin who died when she jumped into the void, was transitioning her gender and asked to be called Ivan.
In the letter she left, she said that she felt
misunderstood because of
her transsexuality.
The drama occurred in the Spanish town of Sallent,
located about 75 kilometers from Barcelona,
and caused commotion in a town of around 7,000 inhabitants.
According to sources close to the investigation to the EFE agency, the security forces sent the first report on the case to the court on Friday, in which they
emphasize that all the indications point to a suicide
, but they still do not detail the concrete causes.
In fact, according to the sources, the researchers work with the hypothesis that there could be a series of circumstances that led both of them to this extreme situation, among them that they suffered bullying or problems related to the gender identity
of the deceased girl
.
A short time ago he had begun to dress in men's clothing and had asked his surroundings to call him Iván.
In fact, the Observatory against Homophobia of the Spanish region of Catalonia has described this case as a
"social murder".
In the framework of their investigation, the Police have taken statements from relatives of the twins, their entourage, their friends and those responsible for the institute where they studied to try to clarify what happened.
The agents are also investigating, among other aspects, whether the victims, of Argentine origin and who have lived with their parents in Sallent for about two years,
had integration problems.
According to the sources, everything indicates that it was Alana who took the initiative to end her life by jumping off the balcony from a third floor,
while her twin, who remains in the hospital, jumped as a show of solidarity
.
The girl remains hospitalized at the Pac Taulí hospital in Sabadell.
The Catalan education authorities consider that all the hypotheses about the event remain open;
Although the school where the brothers studied
had not detected specific problems of bullying
, it had provided psychological and guidance support to the students since the beginning of the course.
Sources of the investigation cited by the Spanish newspaper
La Vanguardia
, maintained that they were going through an uncomfortable situation with some colleagues since they arrived in the town, with their parents and a younger brother.
The report published this Wednesday by the journalist Mayra Navarro indicates that the insults and ridicule for their accent and Argentine origin would have started at school and had moved to the Llobregat institute they now attended.
Kevin, the sisters' second cousin, expanded the family version of the events leading up to the tragic event.
"Their parents spoke with the management of the school and the institute. They were two very good girls who did not mess with anyone but there was a group that laughed at them because of their accent. Two beautiful and small creatures who had not yet learned to live and that they were always smiling.
They were having a hard time, and in fact they had time to go to the psychologist
. But their parents were not aware that the situation was so serious. "
With information from EFE
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