The mayor of Vilagarcía de Arousa denounces a violent attack in the street

The mayor of Vilagarcía de Arousa (Pontevedra) and president of the Galician Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (Fegamp), the socialist Alberto Varela, has reported that last Saturday he suffered a "violent attack" in the street shouting "fucking reds."

According to La Voz de Galicia, the events took place around seven in the afternoon, when the aggressor, a local resident who had already been expelled from the municipal plenary session on some occasion, began to rebuke him.

In a message published this Sunday on his social networks, Varela explained that a man confronted the group with which the councilor was celebrating a friend's birthday, in Vilagarcía.

"I want to thank the group of people he was with, who tried to separate him even though they also received blows in the attempt, without even thinking about returning them," he wrote.

The mayor regretted what happened for those present and especially for his little daughter, who was by his side "and saw how a day of celebration turned into something different."

"For her, who today continues to ask me why that man wanted to hit us all and I still don't know what to tell him, I feel a special moral obligation to demand a better world and to express my deepest rejection of those who are violent and those who promote hatred," he said.

"I want a better future for myself, for my daughter and also for my attacker," concluded the Vilagarcia councilor.