Man, around 25, hit by car and stabbed in Madrid's Usera district

What happened

A man of around 25 was seriously injured in the early hours of Wednesday, 4 November, on Marcelo Usera street in the Usera district of Madrid. Emergency services reported the incident shortly before 01:30 near number 86, in the Moscardó neighbourhood, according to El País. Officers of the Policía Nacional were the first to respond and placed a tourniquet on his left leg to control the bleeding before health teams arrived. Municipal police then escorted the medical convoy to the hospital, while the Policía Nacional took over the investigation into how he was hurt. Emergencias Madrid published details of his injuries on its account on X.

Injuries and medical care

SAMUR-Protección Civil crews found the man lying on the pavement and treated him at the scene. He had a cut to the neck, two wounds to the chest, one to the abdomen and one to the back of the left leg, according to the duty supervisor Alberto Chozas, who also addressed the nature of the wounds.

“None of the wounds had penetrating characteristics.”

Although none of the stab wounds were penetrating, altered laboratory results prompted an urgent transfer to a hospital. Chozas reported that the man's laboratory parameters were altered while an ultrasound scan came back normal. He was taken to hospital in a serious but conscious condition, and El País reported that the hospital had been given advance notice so he could go straight into surgery. El País named the 12 de Octubre hospital as the destination, while El Mundo said the reports did not specify where he was taken.

The attack and the investigation

Police sources told Europa Press that, after a car struck the man, an unconfirmed number of people got out, stabbed him and left the scene. A spokeswoman for Emergencias Madrid, cited by El País, said he had been hit by a car before the assault. Police said no one has yet been identified as an attacker, that the weapon has not been found, and that the case is not being examined as a possible clash between gangs. The Policía Nacional is leading the inquiry into the circumstances of the attack.

Open questions

The number of people involved in the stabbing has not been confirmed, and the weapon remains missing. No suspect is named in any of the reports, and the articles do not say whether the car driver was among those involved. Times also differ slightly: Europa Press put the incident shortly before 01:30, while El País said it happened around half past one. The Policía Nacional continues the investigation.