Overview
- The 42-year-old victim was found unconscious outside the club around 6:11 a.m. on January 11 with severe head trauma and was intubated and placed in an induced coma at Hospital Clínico San Carlos.
- Police Judicial officers in Chamberí have taken witness statements, including from the victim’s brother, and are seeking the two identified suspects.
- Investigators are weighing possible counts of attempted homicide and omission of the duty to render aid, with detentions reported as possible but not yet carried out.
- Witnesses say security staff pushed the victim and his brother on the stairs at closing, then beat the victim with punches and kicks before leaving the scene in a taxi, with multiple bystanders recording the incident.
- Opium’s management disputes parts of the account, asserting the venue was closed and one implicated doorman had finished his shift, as scrutiny grows over the club’s security ties and prior management issues.