5 Oct, 2020 @ 12:34
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Body found floating next to Senda Litoral’s new footbridge on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Footbridge Senda Litoral Malaga

A BODY has been found floating next to the new footbridge of the Costa del Sol coastal pathway in Malaga.

The corpse was found by passersby just after 9am today, prompting several calls to the 112 emergency services.

Police and firefighters rushed to the scene to recover the body and question any potential witnesses.

An investigation has been launched and no hypothesis is being ruled out, including suicide.

The Guadalhorce footbridge opened just over a week ago and is the largest pedestrian bridge in Europe, measuring 270 metres.

It is main landmark of the Senda Litoral and allows pedestrians easy passage over the Guadalhorce nature reserve, an area of environmental importance.

At the opening ceremony, Junta President, Juanma Moreno, said: “This is a new landmark for the city of Malaga. They said it wouldn’t be possible because of the environmental impact, but with ingenuity, audacity, talent and will, this has become a reality.”

More than 200 tonnes of Scots pine wood from Scandinavia and almost 15 tonnes of stainless steel have been used in the bridge’s construction.

The project cost €1.6 million euros, a burden shared equally by Malaga’s city council and the provincial government.

Laurence Dollimore

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.

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