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Man shoots ex-partner dead in Spain’s Malaga before turning weapon on himself

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has opened an investigation after a 52-year-old man in Malaga province allegedly shot his ex-partner dead before turning the weapon on himself and taking his own life. The incident

17 Mar, 2024 @ 10:51

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Man's Best Friend Makes A Difference To Treating Children With Mental Health Problems In Spain's Barcelona

Shocking surge in youth suicides exposes cracks in Spain’s child mental health support

SPAIN is grappling with a rise in youth suicides that poses serious questions about the country’s child mental health services, new figures show. Last year, 22 youngsters aged 10 to 14 tragically

31 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Health·Lead

Number of suicides among teenagers in Spain has increased by more than 30% since 2019

THE number of suicides among teenagers in Spain has increased by more than 30% since 2019, according to a study carried out by Madrid’s Complutense University. The worrying figures show that the

27 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Health·Lead

Olive Press takes a look at Spain’s Suicide Triangle: Alcalá la Real, in Jaen, is trying to stop the cycle

THE attractive mountain town of Alcalá la Real is topped by a Crusader castle and cascades down a steep hillside, connecting the Guadalquivir Valley with the Granada plains. Known for its world

4 Mar, 2023 @ 10:00

Cordoba·Jaen·Lead·Other News

8 arrested for defrauding 73-year old pensioner

73-year old man in Malaga takes his own life after being defrauded of over €58,000

POLICE in Malaga have arrested 8 people for defrauding a 73-year old man of €58,210 who subsequently took his own life last year. Three have been arrested for obtaining the card and

22 Feb, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Protests break out after Spain’s latest gender-based violence saw a woman allegedly killed by her husband in La Linea murder-suicide

Protestors gathered today to express their disgust over the latest case of gender-based violence to rock Spain with the murder of a woman in La Linea. Officials and residents of nearby San

1 Feb, 2023 @ 20:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Psychologists Launch Mental Health Workshops For Teenagers In Spain's Valencia Region

Psychologists launch teenage mental health workshops at Valencia region schools in Spain

Rising suicide rates, bullying cases, and self-harming incidents among young people has prompted the introduction of mental health workshops in Valencian Community secondary schools. 50 psychologists will oversee the special sessions for

18 Jan, 2023 @ 17:15

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police officer working as bodyguard for Spain’s King Felipe takes his own life

A 25-year-old Guardia Civil officer who worked as a bodyguard for King Felipe has taken his own life in the Madrid area. Neighbours heard a shot ring out from his home in

21 Dec, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·Madrid·National News

Guardia Civil Officer Shoots Her Two Daughters Dead Before Pulling Gun On Herself In Cuenca Area Of Spain

Guardia Civil officer kills her two daughters before pulling gun on herself in Cuenca area of Spain

A Guardia Civil officer shot dead her two daughters, aged 9 and 11, in their home at the Guardia barracks in Quintanar del Rey in Cuenca Province on Thursday, before turning the

15 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Police fail to find dead body of escort in Madrid apartment where her client committed suicide

SPAIN’S National Police were called on Saturday to an apartment in the centre of Madrid, where they discovered a man had hung himself in his bathroom. Just two days later they were

29 Nov, 2022 @ 15:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Number of people taking their own lives totalled 4,227 in Spain last year

The region of Spain where 9% of adolescents say they want to die

Almost 9% of adolescents in one Spanish region express daily desires to die, according to an alarming new study. Almost 9% of Catalans express a desire to die every day, according to

25 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead·National News

Man gets ten years in jail after WhatsApp threats to teenage boy leads to his suicide in Spain's Valencia area|

Man jailed after teenage boy commits suicide following hundreds of WhatsApp threats in Spain’s Castellon area

A Castellon Province man has been given a ten-year jail sentence after a teenage boy committed suicide due to constant harassment via the WhatsApp messaging app. Vicente Paradis, 62, from Moncofa sent

7 Sep, 2022 @ 14:34

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

New national suicide helpline in Spain saves 585 lives in four months by sending emergency response teams

THE 024 national helpline to prevent suicides in Spain has saved 585 lives through direct interventions since opening in early May. Emergency teams went to see those very-high risk callers who contacted

10 Aug, 2022 @ 15:17

Health·Lead·National News

Woman killed by husband’s uncle who then leaps to death out of window in Spain’s Valencia

TWO people died in Alginet on Wednesday with a woman stabbed to death and her male attacker then fatally leaping out of a window. The double deaths happened between 7.30 and 8.00

10 Aug, 2022 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Three People Found Shot Dead In Madrid City Centre House In Spain

Three people shot dead in upmarket Salamanca district of Madrid in Spain

THREE people died from gunshot wounds in in a Madrid city centre home on Monday. Armed Policia Nacional officers arrived at the property on Calle Serrano at 10.00 am after getting calls

20 Jun, 2022 @ 14:59

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Charity’s urgent plea to help raise mental health awareness by simply walking from ‘Darkness Into Light’ on Spain’s Costas

DARKNESS INTO LIGHT is a worldwide fundraising day with organised walks in 24 time zones all around the globe. Symbolically timed for sunrise on Saturday May 7th, it already involves tens of

25 Apr, 2022 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Big rise in suicidal and self-harm helpline calls among younger Spaniards during COVID-19 pandemic

Suicidal and self-harm helpline calls from young people in Spain dramatically rise during COVID-19 pandemic

SUICIDE is now the second-biggest cause of death, after cancer, among Spaniards aged 15 to 29 years, according to figures from the Spanish Asssociation of Paediatrics(AEP). Calls to the ANAR Foundation helpline

26 Jan, 2022 @ 17:59

Health·Lead

How the pandemic and strict lockdown in Spain caused a mental health crisis

DURING the year 2020, when in spring Spaniards suffered the strictest lockdown in Europe, unable to leave their homes except to seek medical treatment or purchase essentials, the biggest killer amongst the

22 Jan, 2022 @ 12:00

Lead·National News

Spain's top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

Police grab blindfolded woman about to jump from fifth-floor balcony in Valencia area of Spain

TWO Policia Nacional officers saved the life of a woman who threatened to jump to her death off a fifth floor balcony. Several passers-by hailed down a police patrol car in Manises

11 Jan, 2022 @ 16:58

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Mental health problems among youth on the rise in Spain’s Valencia region

THE Valencian Community has registered 308 suicides among young people aged under-30 in the past 10 years. According to Save The Children, in 2020 one in 10 deaths in this age group

16 Dec, 2021 @ 11:00

Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EUTHANASIA DEBATE: Woman ‘ignored’ after asking to be painlessly killed in Spain’s Zaragoza takes own life

AN elderly woman crippled by a painful hip condition that left her bedridden in constant pain, has killed herself after her pleas for euthanasia were ignored. She had spent four months ‘desperately’

9 Nov, 2021 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Health·Lead

British man plunges to his death in a suspected suicide from a Mallorca clifftop in Spain

A British man has died after a 45 metre fall from a Mallorca viewpoint in the Formentor area of the island yesterday afternoon(March 31). Witnesses said that the 56-year-old ‘threw himself off’

1 Apr, 2021 @ 11:23

Lead·Mallorca

An online challenge was the first hypothesis investigated by the National Police

One child dies and another is critically injured in unrelated suicide attempts in Valencia within 12 hours of each other

A CHILD aged 13 committed suicide just 12 hours after another 10-year-old boy reportedly attempted to take his own life in Valencia city this week. Tragedy first struck on Monday evening (February

10 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Lead·Valencia

Missing German expat found dead in apparent suicide on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A YOUNG German expat has been found dead following a week-long search on the Costa del Sol. The body of Stefan Zablotny, 32, was found on Sunday in a rural area of

18 Jan, 2021 @ 12:09

Lead·Malaga

Horror as young homeless man found hanging from tree after apparent suicide inside famous landmark in Spain’s Mallorca

A commuter found the man's lifeless body hanging from a tree at 7am this morning

2 Dec, 2020 @ 16:15

Lead·Mallorca

Suicidal British expat saved from tragedy by local police on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA Police talked down an English national who was threatening to jump from a bridge on Saturday afternoon, November 7. Agents had been alerted by drivers who saw the woman on the

9 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead