Member of the committee of one of the ‘fallas’ in Valencia suffers a homophobic attack during the festivities

MEMBER of one of the committees in charge of creating the enormous papier-mâché failures at the Valencia festivities of the same name, he has been hospitalized after suffering a homophobic attack at this year’s event.

Tomasos-Carles Cervera was attacked late Saturday night after being followed by a group of four people who began to verbally mistreat him and a companion.

The other man was able to escape, but Cervera was assaulted with a glass bottle, according to the EFE news agency.

The victim was still receiving hospital treatment Thursday after he underwent four-hour jaw surgery on Wednesday.

the president of the failure In question, Vicente Valero denounced that the area where the attack took place, Russafa, has become a “lawless place.”

“We need security at night,” he said. It is the center of Valencia and we do not see police. You can’t move because of people drinking in the street and when there are homophobic people that’s what happens,’ she said, referring to the attack.

Valencia’s Fallas festivals are held from March 1 to 19 in the city, and feature the noisy mascleta fireworks display and then culminates with the burning of the elaborate papier-mâché figures on the night of the 19th.

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