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BIG WEEK OF BILBAO
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Nine arrested on the first day of Big Week, two for touches and one for gender-based violence

Events have taken place both inside and outside the festive grounds, in the Arenal area and at the Euskotren station.

Furgoneta de la Ertzaintza en un control de Aste Nagusia EUROPA PRESS 22/8/2026
Ertzaintza van at a Big Week checkpoint. Photo: Europa Press.

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Updated

Nine people have been arrested in Bilbao between 4 p.m. last Saturday and 7 a.m. on Sunday, including two for touches and one for gender-based violence.

According to the City Council, four arrests have been made in the festive area, two of them for sexual offences, one in the Arenal txosnas area and one at the Euskotren station, both of which were touched.

One person has also been arrested for an offence of wounding and another for theft of a mobile phone, which has been recovered.

Outside the festive grounds, five arrests have been made, three for theft, one for gender-based violence and one for theft.

Bilbao Big Week 2024 Ertzaintza Society

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