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Tourists watched in horror today as a crazed knifeman hacked off a woman's head and ran with it through a popular Spanish resort.
The killer attacked the woman with a machete without uttering a word in a busy shopping centre in Los Cristianos, in Tenerife, at around 10.25 am
Originally posted by lektrofellon
Theres not much to go on yet as its breaking news,this is terrifying to think this happened at one of britains biggest holiday destinations,im guessing this has something to do with revenge for the death of bin laden what with the style of the killing,first the bombings in pakistan now this!
Is this what we have got to look forward to in the coming months!!!!!edit on 13/5/11 by lektrofellon because: (no reason given)
Police said a homeless Bulgarian man, with a criminal record, had been arrested on suspicion of murder. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk...
The source said the suspect was 'very well known' to officers in the area. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk...
Originally posted by Akragon
We had this happen in TO a few years ago...
Some nut in a bus hacked off another dudes head for no reason. He didn't have a machette though, he used a pocket knife.
At least this is quick and painless
BBC
BBC: Beheaded UK woman Jennifer Mills-Westley 'sought help'
The British woman stabbed and beheaded in a shop on the Spanish island of Tenerife had sought help minutes before the attack, reports suggest.
The Sunday Times reports that Jennifer Mills-Westley, 60, went into an employment centre, telling officials she was being followed.
After a man was sent away she went to a nearby shop, where she was attacked.
A Bulgarian man, 28, was arrested after the attack in Los Cristianos on Friday and is due in court on Monday.
The man had been detained by police several times for previous aggressive attacks.
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Dominica Fernandez, of the Regional Interior Ministry, said the attack appeared to be random and that the suspect was well known in the area.
Regional newspaper La Opinion said the suspect had received treatment at the psychiatric unit of a local hospital in February after being involved in previous violent incidents.
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Saturday April 17
REPUBLICANS marked the 79th anniversary of the Second Spanish Republic in the Canarian capital Santa Cruz on Saturday.
Some 100 members and supporters of the Tenerife Platform for the Republic gathered in Plaza Weyler, before marching to Plaza del Príncipe to demand an end to the Borbón dynasty of King Juan Carlos I and and a return to the pre-fascist democracy of the Republic.