Six people have been affected and two of them taken to a hospital in Valladolid after inhaling the content of a self-defense spray, initially pepper spray, which an as-yet-unidentified person has allegedly introduced into several balloons that were blown up at the end of a vervain in the Valladolid municipality of Cigales, has caused respiratory damage.

The Government Sub-delegation in Valladolid has detailed that the events occurred last morning, when around half past five in the morning the performance of the orchestra contracted for the municipality’s patron saint festivities ended.

Apparently, in an annex to the stage deployed in the Plaza Mayor de Cigales, a person has thrown to the ground several balloons containing what may be a spray “probably pepper spray”, according to the Civil Guard, which is investigating what happened.

When these balloons exploded, six people have been affected by the inhalation of the gas and two of them have had to be evacuated to a hospital due to respiratory difficulties.

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