21 Jun, 2024 @ 12:00
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British tourist is stabbed to death outside a nightclub in Spain

A BRITISH tourist, 30, was stabbed to death outside a nightclub in a seaside town near Barcelona.

Catalan police confirmed that the victim was involved in a fight outside the Oxygen nightclub in Calella at 5am.

It is believed that he was killed during a row with a group of foreign men living in the area after being stabbed in a vital organ.

Local media report that they were of North African and Dominican nationality.

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A British tourist, 30, was stabbed to death outside a nightclub near Barcelona

Another man was also wounded and was rushed to hospital.

The police are currently investigating the attack but no arrests have so far been made while they study CCTV footage.

Calella police said: “This morning there was a fight in a nightclub in the city.

“The result of the incident is one dead and one injured, who has been taken to a hospital. The attack was by knife.”

Walter Finch

Walter Finch, who comes from a background in video and photography, is keen on reporting on and investigating organised crime, corruption and abuse of power. He is fascinated by the nexus between politics, business and law-breaking, as well as other wider trends that affect society.
Born in London but having lived in six countries, he is well-travelled and worldly. He studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and earned his diploma in journalism from London's renowned News Associates during the Covid era.
He got his first break in the business working on the Foreign News desk of the Daily Mail's online arm, where he also helped out on the video desk.
He then decided to escape the confines of London and returned to Spain in 2022, having previously lived in Barcelona for many years.
He took up up a reporter role with the Olive Press Newspaper and today he is based in La Linea de la Concepcion at the heart of a global chokepoint and crucial maritime hub, where he edits the Olive Press Gibraltar edition.
He is also the deputy news editor across all editions of the newspaper.

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