24 Jun, 2024 @ 15:45
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British tourist ‘stabs herself in the neck’ at Ibiza airport: 54-year-old remains in a critical condition at Spanish hospital

A BRITISH tourist is fighting for her life in hospital after allegedly stabbing herself in the neck at Ibiza airport.

The 54-year-old was rushed to Can Misses Hospital following the incident on Sunday morning.

She arrived at the emergency room at around 11.53am after being transferred by an ambulance.

According to Spanish reports, she was taken to the intensive care unit, where she remains in a critical condition.

The woman is believed to have purchased a pair of scissors from a pharmacy inside the airport before using them to stab herself in the neck.

Guardia Civil officers immediately intervened to try and help the woman before paramedics arrived, reports Diario de Ibiza.

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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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