Two police officers injured during altercation with schizophrenia patient in Havana

At least two police officers were injured during an altercation with a schizophrenia patient in Havana following the arbitrary arrest of an activist.

Cuban Alexander Hall said that the event occurred on November 27, one day before the trial of Matanzas historian Alina Bárbara López Hernández.

That day he was detained in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood of Central Havana while visiting fellow activist Raymar Aguado Hernández, under house arrest since the morning.

Through a publication inFacebook He says that after the arrest he was taken to the Zanja Unit and then transferred to his home in the Buenavista neighborhood, Playa.

However, when getting out of the patrol car, "a neighbor diagnosed with schizophrenia and aggressive paranoia" began to offend the agents and attacked them with a sharp object, explained the activist for the rights of Afro-descendant Cubans.

He also attempted to attack Hall, who managed to dodge the attack.

He stated that the two Patrol officers were injured and received severe blows in a prolonged effort to neutralize the sick neighbor.

"The aggressor is currently detained, accused and under medical treatment. However, the police and SE agents are warned about these events, coming from a person who has a history of committing similar acts, as a result of his deteriorated condition. mental health and high drug consumption," explained the activist.

In this regard, he demands that the authorities act accordingly to avoid future attacks on him or his family, which will "in future redouble all our security measures and we are willing to use in self-defense, any resource or device available to defend our integrity," Hall stressed.

It also requests that the aggressor be punished appropriately according to his health situation and that "the necessary medical treatment required by his diagnosis be implemented, with the intention of avoiding an outcome that compromises the safety of neighbors, family and friends in the neighborhood where he is located." "the events occurred."

Prior to the trial of Alina Bárbara Hernández theState security surrounded several activists of Havana and Matanzas to prevent them from expressing their support for the Cuban intellectual.

In this context, added to the crisis of medications for patients with chronic diseases, the events narrated by Hall occurred.