A hundred young people throw eggs, trash and scold the students of a residence in Valencia

On the night of last Wednesday to Thursday, a group of more than one hundred young people threw eggs, garbage and various materials and scolded the students of the Damià Bonet residence in Valencia, facts that the management has already reported to the Police..

According to what sources from the attacked residence, attached to the University of Valencia and located on the Campus dels Tarongers but privately managed, have informed Europa Press, the events occurred during the night of last Wednesday when an “organized” group of more than 100 young people He went to the doors of the center to “rebuke” the residents and dirty the façade by throwing eggs and garbage.

The residents were inside the facilities at all times and, “fearing that the situation would become even more complicated,” the management decided to call the authorities.

Sources from the residence consider that what happened is an “act of vandalism” against both the facilities and the residents, which is why they have filed a complaint “so that the authorities can carry out the necessary investigations.”.

The mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, also spoke about what happened on the social network “they are hazing” but rather “violence and incivility” and warns that they will not “tolerate it”.

Along these lines, the Councilor for Mobility and Local Police of Valencia, Jesús Carbonell, has also condemned what happened: “We cannot consent to hazing or actions of this type being carried out and, on the part of the Local Police, we will redouble our efforts and control to prevent them from reproducing in the future.”.

Our strongest condemnation of the acts of vandalism that occurred last Wednesday night in a residence hall in Valencia.

It is not hazing, it is violence and incivility and we will not tolerate it. https://t.co/EFyg99Gy7J

— María José Catalá (@mjosecatala) September 22, 2023

From the University of Valencia they have stressed that hazing is prohibited in the academic institution and for many years it was replaced by welcome parties. In this case, in which they remember that the management of the residence is private, they have stressed that the incidents occurred on public roads, not in the facilities of the academic institution and that the competition on public roads is municipal..

According to what Las Provincias published this Friday, that same Wednesday a group of more than 300 people participated in a macro-bottle on the tram tracks on Tarongers Avenue, which dispersed when police patrols arrived, but later, more than a hundred young people – according to the number in more than 150—went to the Damià Bonet residence, which was attacked with the throwing of eggs and garbage in a hazing.