They arrest 'The pirate of Los Prados' from Malaga after attacking a man on crutches with an ax
He is so “known” among the security forces that they refer to him by his nickname: The Los Prados Pirate. A dangerous criminal from Malaga who was arrested this Monday for his alleged involvement in an attack with kitchen axes on a man on crutches who he considered had given him a bad look. Along with him, a second individual was arrested, also accused of crimes of threats, damages and serious injuries..
The events began around 12:10 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, on José Ortega y Gasset avenue after an exchange of glances allegedly occurred between two individuals and four others who were inside a car.. The passers-by allegedly threatened that they were “going to crush them” if they were in the place when they returned..
Moments later, they returned carrying a kitchen ax or a machete, with which they hit the rear of the car with the presumed intention of reaching its occupants.. The blows fractured the window of the vehicle and caused three of the four occupants, fearing for their lives, to get out of the car and run away from the place.. Only the victim remained at the scene, who was injured and required the use of crutches to move..
Room 092 of the Local Police of Malaga received a call alerting them to the attack and a patrol of this body moved quickly to the place. His arrival put the two individuals on the run, although one of them was intercepted in the vicinity, who was arrested after admitting to the agents “having had a fight without any importance”.
According to the victim's own statements, the two guys, armed with axes, rushed towards him with the intention of hitting him on the head.. He explained that he managed to dodge the blows with his hands, but suffered some blows and cuts to his extremities, including a deep wound on one of his knees.. The man, who told the local police officers that “he did not know how he was alive because they were going to kill him”, lost a lot of blood and required medical assistance..
The following morning, another crew of the aforementioned body located on the public highway the bladed weapons allegedly used to perpetrate the attack.. They were next to a supermarket located nearby, and one of them still had blood stains.
Investigators from the Western District Police Station of the National Police took charge of the investigations to try to arrest the second person involved in the violent aggression. Police work allowed him to be identified as El pirata de Los Prados, a criminal from Malaga, an “old acquaintance” of the security forces.
His capture took place on Monday and, like the first of the detainees, he is charged with crimes of threats, damages and serious injuries, as reported by both police forces in a joint statement, in which it was specified that those investigated have been placed to judicial disposition.