A week after two of its activists were assaulted during the San Mateo celebrations, the Asociación Moza d’Asturies (AMA) says its Oviedo stand has faced two more incidents. A group removed the antiracist banner twice in one night. Another person threw a glass into the stand and shouted a remark about whether the act could constitute a hate crime.
The association reported the incidents to the Policía Nacional and wants investigators to establish who was responsible and whether the events were linked to the five people detained over the earlier assault. AMA says the latest acts were meant to intimidate people defending human rights.
Asturias police said all six young people identified were linked to the radical fan group Symmachiarii; four also face allegations of causing injury, the police said.
AMA will go ahead with its planned demonstration at 19.00 in Oviedo’s Plaza del Ayuntamiento against what it calls far-right hatred.
The new reports came as the court imposed restrictions on the five detainees from the original incident. The Juzgado de Instrucción Número 3 de Oviedo ordered their provisional release and barred them from coming within 200 metres of the victims. It rejected a requirement for them to report to court on the 1st and 15th of every month, finding that all five had known homes and established ties in Oviedo.
The Fiscalía del Principado de Asturias had sought a 200-metre exclusion zone around the victims and a ban on any communication during the proceedings; it also asked the detainees to appear regularly before the court.
The Delegación del Gobierno in Asturias and regional police leadership said a sixth suspect had been identified but was abroad. The investigation is being handled by the Brigada Provincial de Información.
The Fiscalía attributes two offences of causing injury to the detainees, one classified as less serious. It is also pursuing a possible hate crime, pending further proceedings. This is not a final judgment; the legal assessment will depend on the evidence gathered during the investigation.
The original confrontation took place on 11 September. In accounts cited by AMA and police, the young people first tore a strip bearing the LGBT rainbow symbol from the stand. They then insulted the activists with expressions aimed at left-wing people and gay men, while also using slogans associated with Spanish nationalism. A police commander described the subsequent assault as sudden and said one man was attacked as the activists tried to defend themselves.
AMA has rejected comments attributed to the detainees’ lawyers describing them as young people from «good families». The association also questioned remarks attributed to Oviedo mayor Alfredo Canteli suggesting that the aggressors were not especially bad people.
The group has also blamed parties such as Vox for statements made after the assault. Asked in Oviedo whether he condemned the violence, Vox leader Santiago Abascal instead referred to alleged violent language from left-wing officials and said that people who behave in that way later face consequences.
The two new incidents have opened a second phase in the dispute: the stand was damaged and a glass was thrown inside after the earlier arrests. AMA has responded with a public rally while police examine whether the latest acts are connected to the first case.
The new episodes remain allegations under investigation, not proof of a coordinated campaign. Police are investigating each incident separately, while any criminal responsibility will be determined by the court.
