One of the Paceville bouncers filmed ‘brutally assaulting’ a man has insisted he and his colleagues were giving the man a massage.
In a video that has since gone viral, five bouncers appear to be punching and kicking the man, even while he lay seemingly unconscious on the pavement.
“Is not assault. Is massage. Traditional Balkan massage,” the bouncer told Bis-Serjetà on condition of anonymity.
“First, we make sure customer is lying comfortable on ground. Best way to do this is to apply pressure to his face with fists. Then, when customer is relaxed and seeing stars, we do deep-tissue massage all over body. Foot goes in ribs many times, like you are tenderising meat for making pljeskavica. Baton can also be used to hit… massage… places hard to reach with boot or fist.
“If ribs break – no problem. They stronger when healed. When customer wake up, he feel like new man. Sometimes not remember who he is. Is much better than Thai or Swedish massage.”
In a statement, the Malta Police Force said:
“That sounds like a totally plausible explanation and we have no reason to question it. In fact, we will be sending some of our more stressed officers to get a massage from these guys. We’d previously been sending them to Chinese massage parlours but they kept needing to go the GU Clinic afterwards.”
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