Yesterday afternoon, Friday April 11th, a fight near Alicante General Hospital resulted in the murder of a young North African man in his 20s and the injury of another with a knife. At the same time, an additional individual, a Spanish national, was admitted to the Emergency Department with injuries. The National Police are currently investigating whether the injury is associated with the assault, as is suspected.

The police are currently conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the assault, which transpired during a fight between multiple individuals. The police have purportedly apprehended one individual for his alleged involvement in the incident, a fact that has not been confirmed by police sources. Witnesses observed numerous individuals fleeing the scene in a vehicle.

The incident transpired in the Plaza de la Cruz Roja in Alicante shortly after six o’clock in the evening, adjacent to a children’s playground on Calle Pintor Baeza. In cases under investigation by the Violent Crime Group of the Alicante Provincial Judicial Police Brigade, a number of individuals who had planned to convene at the location clashed, resulting in two of them being injured with blades. A third individual sustained injuries, but they were not treated at the hospital, according to eyewitnesses.

The National Police have initiated emergency contacts from 112 and have promptly dispatched Citizen Security patrols to the location. The victims were en route to the General Hospital, where they were expected to receive assistance, when one of them collapsed while crossing Calle Pintor Baeza.

Medical personnel arrived at the scene and attempted to revive the victim, who was lying in the middle of the street. Nevertheless, they were unable to save his life. The judicial commission was informed, and Judicial Police and Forensic Police officers arrived at the scene.

Another young Arab man who sustained at least one stab wound has been admitted to A&E with non-life-threatening injuries.

The police are currently investigating whether another Spanish man, who was admitted to the emergency room with a jaw injury, is also implicated in the crime. The two incidents occurred almost simultaneously.

In addition to collecting witness information at Plaza Ajardinada where the incident took place, investigators from the Violent Crime Unit have also visited the Emergency Department to interview the two injured individuals and elucidate the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The perpetrator threw a knife that may have been used in the stabbing in the park square. A boy, who was approximately 10 years old, took the knife and began to perform the “baile del serrucho”. The knife was collected by the authorities upon their arrival in order to analyse it and attempt to obtain the attacker’s DNA.

A man who was present in the vicinity said that, just prior these events, he observed over half a dozen individuals armed with sticks exiting a pub located near the Northern District Police Station. It has not been determined whether this incident is connected to the murder.

This violent death occurs just days after a gunshot in the Virgen del Remedio neighbourhood, during which individuals of Arab descent engaged in a confrontation and one was injured with a knife. In the same vein, a young Arab man was wounded in the back on Calle San Mateo by a fellow countryman who has not yet been apprehended the previous week.