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Esan calls for the recovery of rubber balls "in the face of rising street violence"

In a statement, he expressed concern about the planning of the operation planned for next Wednesday's Champions League match between Athletic and PSG in Bilbao.

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The union Esan has called on Thursday for the Ertzaintza to recover the possibility of using rubber balls "due tothe increase in street violence and the increase in injuries suffered by ertzainas ".

In a published note, the union notes that the latest official data from the Ministry of the Interior confirm that "injury offences and tumultuous clashes have increased by 8.9% in the Basque Autonomous Community in the first half of 2025 ", so it concludes that" there are more attacks and more and more effective use of white weapons "and that" agents end up injured ".

In this context, the union considers it "incomprehensible and irresponsible" that the Ertzaintza "continues to maintain a de facto ban on the use of rubber ball launchers, even if they are owned ", and therefore believes that when the violence" comes out of control, the ertzainas are defenceless ".

Esan has also expressed concern about the operation planned fornext Wednesday, December 10, around the Champions League match in San Mamés. He has called for "all mobilized agents to have all the security equipment and all the elements of personal protection for mass control."

They have explained that the union has sent a report to Security Counsellor Bingen Zupiria "with urgent proposals to strengthen the operational capacity of the Ertzaintza, unblock the use of launchers, introduce new less lethal means, such as the Taser, and improve training in the face of gang violence and stab attacks."

Finally, he has called for "political courage and immediate action" to stop the "worsening threat."

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