Margarita Robles, on El Ruso: "He is neither a soldier nor a legionary, he is simply a murderer without nuances"

The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has conveyed her "gratitude for their work" and her affection and memory to the families of the national police officers Juan José and Francisco José, the first of whom died and the second seriously injured after the explosion last Tuesday of a device planted by a resident of Oviedo, Manuel Ferrero Álvarez, known as El Ruso, after shooting a young woman and has indicated that the author "is in no case a soldier, nor a legionary, or anything at all as has been said", but rather that he is "simply a murderer without further ado and without nuances."

Robles, at a rally held in Oviedo, praised the daily work of the security forces and bodies and in this case of the deceased sub-inspector and the injured Tedax who "have intervened to protect the residents of a building", and has highlighted their sacrifice to guarantee a "freer and fairer" society. "Thanks to them for risking their lives so that we live in a freer and fairer society," he stated.

Robles has referred to the person responsible for the events and has assured that he will be arrested and brought to justice. In this sense, he wanted to clarify that the author "is in no way a soldier, nor a legionary, or anything like what has been said", but rather he is "simply a murderer without further ado and without nuances."

The minister has thus insisted on disassociating the perpetrator of the events from the Armed Forces and has defended that he must answer to justice for his actions.