On Friday morning in Sitges, a man allegedly attacked his mother with a knife before entering the sea at Sant Sebastià beach to avoid arrest by the Mossos d’Esquadra. ElCaso.cat reported that he was armed with a bladed weapon during the assault and described him as having a mental disorder.
The Mossos d’Esquadra sent maritime units to search the coastal area, while firefighters from the Bombers de la Generalitat joined the operation. The woman was taken to hospital for treatment. The incident report did not detail the response’s chronology or the woman’s medical condition.
The cited coverage reports no court ruling or formal legal classification in the case. The allegation should so be understood as a reported knife attack and attempted escape, not as a finding of criminal guilt.
National figures offer broader context, but do not measure this specific incident. In the second quarter of 2026, Spain recorded 55,712 complaints within the Consejo General del Poder Judicial’s violence-against-women reporting structure, while specialized courts dealt with 50,106 women victims. Complaints rose 9.81% year on year, and victims increased 7.64%; the national rate was 20 victims per 10,000 women. The structure’s figures do not measure every form of violence between family members.
Catalonia recorded 6,765 complaints and 6,603 women victims in the same quarter, with reported year-on-year increases of 6% and 5.7%, respectively. Its rate was 16 victims per 10,000 women, compared with 20 nationally, information from figures attributed to the Consejo General del Poder Judicial and reported by Regió7.
Separately, Sitges’ Local Security Board reported a 23.5% fall in recorded offences between October 2025 and September 2026. That figure provides general municipal security context; it does not measure this case or violent crime alone.
