“We have a message for you: this meter It is full of sin, drugs, training (fornication), alcohol. The word of God says…”. With these words and with a shopping cart full of religious booklets, backpacks, a red cross and tunics with Arabic motifs, a group of evangelists with apocalyptic slogans spread panic in August 2018 in a railway carriage. of the Generalitat.
“This subway is full of sin, of drugs…”, chanted the evangelists.
The words of the accused, who were carrying a megaphone, triggered such a situation of fear that it ended in a stampede in which one of the occupants was seriously injured when she was trampled by several users. One of the travelers, an unidentified young man, replied to the accused that they had to die of something. Which still generated Mayr insecurity. Although he immediately said: “That’s a lie, damn it. I’m sorry, Lord, my goodness, it’s a joke, it’s a joke,” the travelers tried to hastily abandon the convoy.
Bone edema, sprains and anxiety
The girl suffered bone edema and a sprain, as well as chronic anxiety, from which she suffered for 259 years according to the sentence made public this Tuesday. According to the proven facts, a climate of terror was generated among the occupants “to whom not only the exalted words of the accused reached them, but also the possibility that it could be a bomb or a gas attack and who tried to escape. all trance”. “So they activated the stop button on the train, which stopped at the Alameda station, causing an avalanche,” according to the ruling.
“Jesus Christ loves you”
The accused, meanwhile, and according to the text of the order, continued with the following proclamation: “Jesus Christ loves you, do not be afraid, only afraid of sin.” Although one of them uttered the slurs in German, another was translating them into Spanish. while others recorded the scene and others distributed pamphlets that read: Where would you go if you died today? “The Spaniards are dogs, or you are going to end up in hell,” were other phrases that were chanted to the stupefaction of the travelers.
A joint compensation
The injured young woman will now receive a joint compensation of 13,066 euros while the fine for each of the nine convicted – eight Germans and one Iraqi – amounts to 1,080 euros. The judges of the Criminal Chamber of the high court have rejected the appeals, highlighting that the behavior of the accused when entering the subway with this type of messages with apocalyptic overtones represented risky or dangerous behavior for the integrity of people. Furthermore, the accused only desisted from their attitude when the National Police arrived.