[Outbound Note] Two Chinese Citizens Killed in Madrid, Spain

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Written by: Xu Anan

2020-01-20 18:47

The WeChat public account of the Chinese Embassy in Spain announced on January 20 that two Chinese citizens have been killed on the streets of Madrid, the capital of Spain. One of the cases occurred on the evening of the 18th, and a Chinese student was in Madrid at about 11:00 that night Santo Ángel de la Guarda in Moncloa-Aravaca district was stabbed with a knife. The passer-by found the police and sent him to hospital. After a sudden cardiac arrest, he was rushed to another hospital for rescue, but eventually returned to a dead end.

A Chinese student from Spain was stabbed with a knife in the streets of Madrid on the night of January 18 and was sent to hospital for treatment. (Emergencias Madrid Twitter account picture)

Police in Spain and Madrid are investigating the case. After receiving the news, Zhu Jian, the counselor of the embassy, ​​immediately called the National Police General Madrid to verify the situation and expressed his concern. Zhu Shen emphasized that at the beginning of the new year, two Chinese citizens had been killed and killed in the Madrid region, and both were murdered on the street. The security situation in Madrid is worrying. The embassy urged the Western Police to identify and arrest the killer as soon as possible, strengthen security patrols, and effectively protect the safety of citizens, including Chinese citizens.

▼ In the Twitter tweet below, there are pictures of the scene after the incident:

El jefe de guardia de @SAMUR_PC, José Antonio Jiménez Fraile, detalla la gravedad de las heridas del fallecido tras la agresión. Pic.twitter.com/0KVSu0wNg3

▲ Samur-Civil Protection (Madrid Emergency Medical Services) Chief of Guard José Antonio Jiménez Fraile explained in detail the severity of the injury before his death.

The embassy in Spain hereby reminds that at the beginning of the year and the beginning of the year, there is a high incidence of law and order cases. Overseas Chinese, foreign students, Chinese company personnel and Chinese tourists are requested to increase their awareness of safety precautions, try to avoid traveling alone and at night, and avoid neighborhoods with poor public security conditions. In case of theft, the personal safety is the first, and the property safety is the second. Call the police (091 or 062) in a timely manner and contact the embassy's insurance phone (0034-699089086).

Similar cases are not the first in Spain. There were 4 tourists in Barcelona on January 5. Euro Weekly News reported on January 5 that the four men injured in the case were reported to be Chinese nationals and came to Barcelona to celebrate the New Year. They had an accident in the Olympic Village (Vila Olímpica). The area of ​​the incident was considered to be a particularly safe place, so the injury case shocked the local community.

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