Overview

• On July 2, Ertzaintza arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of a June 16 knife-point robbery attempt at a Begoña neighborhood tobacco shop.
• The hooded suspect threatened an employee with a knife but fled empty-handed after the worker’s cries for help thwarted the theft.
• Witness statements and reconstruction of the suspect’s escape route enabled police to identify and detain him in Bilbao.
• On June 30, the Sección de Investigación Criminal Territorial de Bizkaia arrested a 30-year-old in connection with the April death of a 54-year-old man whose fatal injuries ruled out natural causes.
• Both detainees are held at Bilbao police facilities as investigators complete the required procedures ahead of their judicial presentations.