Rubiales' mother goes on hunger strike in Spain over 'hunt' on son

Luis Rubiales stands with Spain's Women's World Cup soccer team after their World Cup victory. Pic: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

The mother of Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales who faces backlash for his unsolicited kiss on player Jenni Hermoso on Monday locked herself inside a church and announced a hunger strike to protest her son's "inhumane treatment", EFE news agency reported.

Angeles Bejar said her strike would last "until a solution is found to the inhumane and bloody hunt they are carrying out against my son with something he does not deserve", according to EFE.