An Irish tourist has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman - believed to be his partner - was strangled to death at a hotel in a Spanish holiday resort.
Police have confirmed they arrested the 30-year-old man after rushing to a hotel in the Costa Dorada resort of Salou, 70 miles south of Barcelona, and finding a woman lying lifeless in a corridor.
Her suspected killer, discovered beside her with an apparently “self-inflicted” wrist wound, was taken to hospital where he remained under police guard this morning.
A hotel worker is said to have found the victim in one of the corridors trying to escape her suspected killer, according to one of the reports.
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Staff at the adult-only four-star Magnolia Hotel in Salou, where the horror incident occurred, said they were unable to make any comment. The alarm was raised around 9.30pm on Sunday night.
A spokesperson for the regional Mossos d’Esquadra police force said: “Officers from the Mossos d'Esquadra’s Criminal Investigation Decision in Tarragona have arrested a man allegedly related to the violent death of a woman in Salou last night.
“The events occurred around half past nine when the Mossos received a warning from a hotel in Salou saying a woman was seriously injured. When they arrived at the scene, the officers found a woman lying on the floor and a man next to her with a self-inflicted wound.
“Although emergency medical responders tried to revive the woman, they were finally only able to certify her death. Officers arrested the man as the alleged perpetrator of the death”
In an update this morning the police force said the arrested man is 30. The woman was 36. The murder suspect is under police guard at Joan XXIII Hospital in the city of Tarragona, the capital of the province of the same name.
In a statement to the Irish Mirror, a garda spokesperson confirmed they were made aware of the incident.
"An Garda Síochána is aware of an alleged incident that took place in the Spanish town of Salou involving Irish citizen(s) on Sunday, July 2nd 2023.
"As this is an investigation led by the Spanish authorities, An Garda Síochána has no further comment at this time."
The Department of Foreign Affairs has been contacted for comment on this story.
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