
A TEEN who plunged to his death from El Corte Ingles this afternoon had announced his plans on social media.
According to Diario Sur, the boy, who is now believed to have been 14, sent out messages online that he and a girl friend were going to jump from the top of the Puerto Banus department store.
Guards at the store learned of the suicide pact after concerned friends sounded the alarm.
They rushed to the roof but were unable to save the boy.
They managed to grab the girl, who was hesitant to jump.
Both are believed to attend the private school Aloha College in Marbella.
Early reports initially suggested the young boy was British but his nationality has yet to be confirmed, although they are described as having ‘foreign parents’.
Emergency services tried to resuscitate the boy but he died at the scene.
The girl has been taking to a health centre in Malaga after suffering an anxiety attack.

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Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience. The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London. He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol. After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023. He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain. These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online. He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife. GOT A STORY? Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es or call +34 951 273 575 Twitter: @olivepress