Authorities took into custody a 25-year-old man accused of sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl during the piñata Saturday of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival, as reported by the City Council in a statement on Sunday.
According to the police report, the incident took place in Plaza de España, and after seeking help from the authorities, the girl was escorted to the Violet Point at the Carnival Hospital.
Officers from the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office took the victim to a medical facility and then to the police station, and also informed her mother about the situation.
Using an image of the costume worn by the suspect, the police station near Plaza del Príncipe identified and detained the individual known as CJBD.
At the Violet Point within the Carnival Hospital, professionals assisted two women, one being the victim of the aforementioned sexual harassment and the other involved in a potential case of gender violence.
