Briefing
The Catalan police Mossos d’Esquadra arrested a 31-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman on Thursday, 22 October 2026, in Sant Pere de Torelló (Barcelona province). According to the authorities, at around 19:00 the two people approached the town’s mayor, Jordi Fàbrega, and the second deputy mayor, Josep Vilar, in the street and demanded municipal housing. When Fàbrega explained that no housing was currently available for immediate allocation, the situation escalated: both suspects allegedly insulted and physically attacked the officials. A local resident who tried to intervene was also injured. Police said all three injured people sustained minor injuries.
Several Mossos vehicles arrived at the scene and took the suspects into custody. Reports say the arrested individuals are not from Sant Pere de Torelló and have previous police records. The police initially gave no definitive details of the specific charges; the investigation is ongoing. There is no indication that the incident was politically motivated; according to the information available so far, it was an argument over municipal housing that escalated.
The incident was first reported by the regional newspaper El 9 Nou ; other Catalan media outlets soon afterwards confirmed the Mossos’ account. The town council has so far made no further official statements on the cause of the incident or any possible short-term measures for allocating housing. The justice system will decide what criminal consequences the suspects ultimately face once the police investigation is complete.
Sant Pere de Torelló is a small municipality in the comarca of Osona. The incident once again draws attention to problems accessing municipal housing in smaller communities, although no specific figures on the municipality’s housing stock or allocations have currently been published.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).