Early on Saturday morning, Torrevieja firefighters, the Guardia Civil, and the local police rescued a body that was drifting close to the Cala Cornuda cliffs in Torrevieja.

One of the visitors who came to observe the condition of the sea in a region renowned for its breathtaking storm waves set off the alert at around ten to eight on Saturday morning. Until the Torrevieja Local Police patrol arrived, the witness stayed in the vicinity.

In extremely unfavourable maritime storm circumstances, the local police were able to secure the body with a rope and a life preserver until the firefighters from Torrevieja arrived and performed the extraction in a secure location.

Finally, the body—which was in a highly decomposed state—was recovered. He had on specialised boat fishing gear and a wetsuit.

Civil Guard sources said that they are conducting the necessary processes to identify him and ascertain the reason of his death.

The Torrevieja Judicial Police’s Territorial Team has notified the Torrevieja Court on Duty and is conducting the inquiry.

According to people close to the fire department and security forces, it might be a fisherman, but they were unable to identify the deceased’s gender due to the condition of the body following the time spent at sea. The powerful easterly storm over the past three days brought the body to the Torrevieja coast.

The Alicante Court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to seven and a half years in prison for trying to kill a 33-year-old foreign man.

After arguing with him about money and certain possessions, he stabbed him in the temple with a machete.

Given that it was demonstrated that the accused was the one who carried out the attack based on the viewing of a video of the minutes following the attack that was recorded by witnesses, the court of the Tenth Section imposed the punishment, holding the accused accountable for the crime of attempted murder.

On November 11th, 2023, shortly after noon, the incident happened in Alicante’s Orán Square.

According to the verdict, the defendant disappeared for ten minutes following their argument and returned with “a large machete.”

He then approached the victim, “who was not expecting him,” and struck him in the left temple with the edge of the machete “with the intention of killing him” before the victim could react and avoid the blow.

At that point, the accused was attacked by a group of individuals in the same square who took away his machete and convinced him to cease acting in that way.

The trial took place between January 27th and February 19th of this year. The accused was initially detained on December 1st and remanded in custody two days later.

The verdict stated that the victim’s seven-centimeter blunt cut “could have caused his death,” necessitating medical attention.

In his statement before the court, the defendant maintained an exculpatory version and rejected the facts, even going so far as to claim he was not involved in the altercation that resulted in the attack. The court, however, disregarded his account and granted credibility to the police officers who responded to the attack scene and were able to get a recording and images of the aftermath, which were taken by multiple eyewitnesses.

Nevertheless, neither the victim nor the witness who recorded the video attended the trial.

Along with the prison term, the sentencing stipulates that the accused will compensate the injured person with 2,060 euros and impose an 8-year, 6-month requirement to keep a minimum distance of 300 meters from the victim. In a decision that can be challenged within ten days before the High Court of Justice, the supervised release provision is also extended for an extra five years.

Following the Generalitat Valenciana’s declaration of a flood emergency, Benidorm City Council has mandated that all outdoor activities and schools be suspended this Tuesday, March 4th. In order to protect civilians, transportation has also been stopped in ravines and gullies.

Unlike other towns in the Marina Baixa region, Benidorm was not initially under a state of emergency of zero. However, the Generalitat prolonged the city’s alert due to the growing potential of floods as the weather turned unstable throughout the afternoon.

Actions taken in Benidorm

The City Council has made the following choices in light of this situation:

• Today, Tuesday March 4th, lessons will not be held at any educational institutions.
  
• Cancellation of the municipality’s planned outdoor events.
  
• Traffic restrictions for cars and pedestrians in slopes and ravines.
  

While the notice is in effect, local officials advise the public to take extra measures and refrain from needless travel.