A Welsh dad-of-four is in a coma after being stabbed in a popular resort in Portugal while on a stag do.
Joel Collins, from Troedyrhiw, is the second Welsh victim of a stabbing in the coastal city of Albufeira in the southern Algarve region in 2022. The 35-year-old was allegedly stabbed without provocation while walking home on July 4 after getting separated from his friends on a night out.
He was taken to hospital in Faro by a member of the public who came across Joel unconscious in the street with four deep wounds in his abdomen. Joel had suffered lacerations to his pancreas, lungs, intestines and stomach and is in intensive care after multiple separate operations, his family said. You can get more local news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
