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Man Arrested in Gender-Violence Probe after Woman Falls from Fifth-Floor Apartment in Mataró

Police are focusing on whether the incident stemmed from a domestic dispute or was a suicide attempt.

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Overview

  • A 33-year-old foreign national with a prior police record was detained by Mossos d’Esquadra shortly after the fall around 10 PM on May 25.
  • The woman, also of foreign origin, remains in serious but stable condition in hospital according to police sources.
  • Neighbors alerted authorities after hearing shouting and a physical altercation moments before she plunged into the building’s interior courtyard.
  • The couple’s seven minor children have been placed under the care of the Departament de Drets Socials de la Generalitat.
  • Investigators are gathering forensic evidence and witness statements to determine whether the fall was intentional, an act of violence, or linked to the flat’s possible illegal occupancy.