British woman beheaded in Canary Islands
A British woman was murdered this morning in what appeared to be a random attack in a major holiday resort in Tenerife.
Spanish media said a 28-year-old vagrant from Bulgaria had been arrested following the murder in Los Cristianos, a resort popular with UK holidaymakers.
According to eyewitness reports, the 62-year-old woman was shopping in a Chinese supermarket in the town’s Valdes Shopping Centre when the man walked in, picked up a knife and, without speaking, stabbed her several times in the neck, then decapitated her.
He later fled from the shop holding the woman’s head but a security guard and by-standers, including a man on a moped, gave chase across a highway and he was knocked to the ground and restrained.
Spanish media quoted police sources saying that the suspect, who had recently been released from a pyschiatric unit, had a police record and he was well-known in the area.
The woman has not been named.
By Linsey McNeill
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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