We will not take a step backwards when it comes to rights and freedoms and Spain will not tolerate this.” “I’m confident that the police investigation will soon find those who murdered Samuel and shed light on what happened,” he tweeted on Monday. Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, denounced the killing and offered his condolences to Luiz’s friends and family.
Politicians in Madrid have asked the central government for explanations after some protesters in the capital were kettled and charged by riot police late on Monday. Demonstrators carried signs with slogans including “Your homophobia is killing us”. The attack prompted revulsion across Spain and led to demonstrations on Monday night in cities including A Coruña, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Salamanca, Bilbao and Zaragoza.
It did not rule out further arrests and said the investigation would remain open until all the facts of the case had been clarified. In a statement, the force said the three were aged between 20 and 25 and lived in A Coruña. On Tuesday evening, Spain’s Policía Nacional said three people had been arrested as “the alleged perpetrators of the violence assault that ended Samuel Luiz’s life”.
