According to the images recorded by several witnesses, young people of different ages have begun to attack each other inside the wagons, even using their seatbelts and a knife.
The National Police has arrested 16 peopletwo of them minor injuries, accused of participating in a mass brawl occurred early this Sunday morning inside a train on line 10 of the Madrid Metro, at the Batán station.
The fight, which in principle is not being investigated as a confrontation between youth gangs, started around 6:45 a.m. when the train, in which numerous people unrelated to the brawl were traveling, was going to stop at the aforementioned station, police sources have informed EFE.
According to the images recorded by several witnesses, young people of different ages and nationalitiesincluding four minors, they have begun to attack each other inside the wagonscoming to use their belts and at least one knife, which has been intervened.
When stopping in Batán, the fight has also been moved to one of the platforms, which has caused several of the participants to cut train traffic by fleeing towards the tracks, where they have been intercepted by the Police.
After the intervention of the Protection and Reaction Unit (UPR), the agents have managed to end the confrontation.
Two youths have been slightly injured.. The first, with a knife in the back, has been transferred by the health services to the La Paz hospital, while the second, with multiple bruises, has been discharged on the spot.
Both have been arrested along with 14 other peopleall accused of a crime of riot.
The Judicial Police of the Latina Police Station has taken over the investigation of the event.
