A man is arrested for sexually assaulting a woman last Tuesday in Getxo

A man has been arrested for a crime of sexual assault that occurred last Tuesday, the 19th, in the Biscayan town of Getxo, as confirmed by the Department of Security to Europa Press. The municipality's City Council has called for a rally this Friday at twelve noon on the steps of the Town Hall and at the purple point of Telletxe at seven thirty in the afternoon.

The attack occurred around ten at night in the Neguri neighborhood of Getxo and, after what happened, the woman filed a complaint. Hours later, at dawn, a man was arrested for his alleged involvement in the events and was subsequently brought into judicial custody..

Following these events, the Board of Spokespersons of the City Council, made up of the mayor and representatives of all municipal political groups, has unanimously approved an institutional declaration in which it shows its “firmest rejection”, while condemning ” “any aggression derived from sexist attitudes based on gender inequality and machismo”.

In addition, it expresses its solidarity with the attacked women, while offering them its support.. The Declaration emphasizes that violence is “always the responsibility of the person who perpetrates it and that blaming the attacked women must be avoided.”.

He also insists that we cannot forget that there is “no context that justifies sexist attacks” and reiterates that there are no profiles of aggressors, although, according to Emakunde, the majority of sexual attacks against women (80% of the total) They are committed by people who previously had some type of link or relationship with the victim.

The City Council is committed to continuing to work to achieve a society “based on the values of equality and respect”, in which women “can freely decide with whom, when and how to have sexual relations, and in which, ultimately, “Your will is totally respected.”.