E/CN.4/2000/16 page 19 charged, and the government lawyer had to intervene in their defence. On 27 March 1998 the prosecution, represented by Sonia Martínez Albiñana a member of the Lérida Chamber of Advocates, requested that the case be dismissed and that proceedings for a minor infringement be instituted. Hitherto the parties have not been notified of the institution of any such proceedings. Denis Noe Joukwe Njigang is at present in detention in the holding centre for aliens in Barcelona; the authorities are expected to deport him. 2. Case 1999/2. Allegations of acts of violence committed by individuals or groups (a) Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Barcelona) 69. An immigrant from Bangladesh attacked by five skinheads (25 January 1997). The attack took place in the Montigalà district of Badalona, where the victim was punched with knuckledusters, kicked, and then abandoned, by five skinheads. The young man, who hailed from Bangladesh, was able to return to his home in Santa Coloma, where he was assisted by neighbours, who took him to the hospital. Government reply 70. Mohamed Ayub Ali, an immigrant from Bangladesh, holder of Bangladeshi passport No. H-042593, born at Manikgonj (Bangladesh) on 3 March 1964, the son of Chandu and Mollah, residing at 110 Vía Monturiol, flat No. 1, at Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Barcelona), was the victim of an attack by four youths who, after accosting him in the street, punched and kicked him many times and left him lying unconscious on the ground. After recovering consciousness he made his way home, where he asked the neighbours for help. They called an ambulance, which transported him to hospital, where a report on his condition was drawn up. 71. On 29 January 1997, a member of the national police force attached to the local police headquarters at Santa Coloma de Gramenet, which was located close to the residence of the victim, learned of the facts and went of his own accord to the latter’s home. Having observed the seriousness of the injuries, he accompanied the victim to the above-mentioned police station to enable him to make the statement necessary for appropriate action to be taken to arrest the attackers. Owing to his injuries the victim was unable to make a statement; he was taken back to the hospital, where the second part of the report on his condition was drawn up. Once his state of health had improved the victim made his statement on 30 January 1997, and the investigation (No. 760) was referred to the investigating magistrate at Guardia de Santa Coloma de Gramenet. (b) Campo di Cartagena (Murcia) 72. Attacks on immigrants. During January and February 1997, 11 cases of attacks on immigrants (the majority of them North Africans working in different localities in the Campo di Cartagena) were reported. The attackers use sticks and stones; they generally operate from two cars and attack individuals walking or cycling along the road. Most of these attacks have not been reported to the Civil Guard, since the papers of the victims are not in order.