Overview

• The victim, an illegal occupant of the home, reported being beaten and burned with a blowtorch on the neck and scalp inside the Torrent flat.
• Police opened the case after the complaint and, with the victim’s cooperation, identified five suspects aged 23 to 47.
• Four suspects were arrested early in the probe, and the alleged instigator was later caught at dawn after attempting to flee.
• Authorities describe the group as habitual offenders with more than 100 prior detentions, and the instigator had seven active judicial orders.
• The attackers also stole a mobile phone and €200, and the detainees have been placed at the disposal of judicial authorities on suspicion of robbery with violence and coercion.