A 26-year-old Algerian illegal immigrant, already jailed over a brutal street beating in Valencia, has now been accused of raping a homeless woman on the two preceding days, tying together what police say was a three-day rampage that ended with a 47-year-old man in a coma.
The first attack occurred on 22 July. According to the Policía Nacional account reported by Cadena SER, the woman was sleeping in a tent on vacant land in Valencia when the man entered without her consent and used force against her. She resisted strongly enough to prevent penetration. Police say he returned to the same tent the following night, 23 July, attacked her again more aggressively and this time raped her. On both occasions, he allegedly threatened to kill her if she reported him.
The woman initially stayed silent but later went to hospital for treatment. The case reached officers from Valencia’s UFAM family and women unit, who opened an investigation and identified the suspect. When they checked his identity, they found that he was already behind bars: the same man had been arrested over a brutal assault on a stranger on 24 July.
That attack took place on Calle Ingeniero José Sirera in the San Marcelino district. Witnesses told police that the suspect became involved in an argument after residents complained about his behaviour. The 47-year-old victim, identified in Spanish media as Arturo C, did not know him. Video recorded at the scene showed the suspect repeatedly punching and kicking him after he fell, including blows to the head. Arturo, who already had one arm in a cast, was left unconscious and taken to hospital with severe head and chest trauma, broken ribs and facial injuries.
The Algerian immigrant was arrested shortly afterwards and placed in provisional detention while being investigated for attempted homicide or attempted murder. When questioned, he reportedly answered only his lawyer and said he had been drinking heavily and remembered nothing. After UFAM officers established his connection to the earlier sexual assaults, they travelled to the prison and formally informed him that he was also under investigation in the alleged rape cases.
Spanish outlets identify the suspect as Said Leksili, an Algerian national who entered Spain illegally in 2020 and remained in the country without legal residence. El Debate reports that he had been detained 18 times since arriving, including six arrests for violent offences in Valencia over the previous three years—three for bodily harm and three for violent robbery. He also reportedly used two identities, one Algerian and another presenting him as Moroccan.
Social media reporting also claimed the suspect had a final deportation order to leave Spain that authorities failed to enforce. Spanish reporting said there was an expulsion proceeding against the Algerian, but it remained unresolved without an actual order.
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