There is mourning in Spain for the death of a child soccer player while he was playing a match. Matthewa minor of 11 years of age, lost his life after being attacked with a sharp object on the Mocejón football field, where the Spanish Civil Guard has deployed a large-scale operation to locate the murderer.
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The events occurred at around 10 a.m. Spain at the municipal football field ‘Ángel Tardío’. A cousin of the murdered minor explained that one of his aunts was walking in the area when “a boy ran out saying that they had killed his best friend.”
“And it was our cousin,” who “was here playing football with his friends.”
The boy’s family said they do not suspect who could have committed this “atrocity” and that they hope “justice will be done.” They only indicated that “they said he was wearing a hood,” but that “there is no suspicion” because “Mocejón is a quiet town where these things have never happened. It is the first time.”
“These are very difficult times,” he continued, asking for respect for the family and adding: “We are still in shock.”
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The Civil Guard has activated a ‘cage operation’ to locate the author of the stabbing, with a search team involving a dozen patrols and a helicopter. The municipality has called for a minute of silence for the minor and has declared three days of official mourning.
Authorities are continuing their search for the person responsible for Mateo’s murder. According to sources close to the investigation, for the moment it is ruled out that there is any connection with a jihadist terrorist action by a lone individual.
The municipality of Mocejón declared three days of official mourning and called for a minute of silence for the minor, which was replicated on Monday in Toledo, the regional capital.
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With EFE.
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