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Police Detain 21-Year-Old Partner After Woman Is Killed on Seville Street

Investigators describe a possible gender-based killing linked to a prior VioGén record without active protections.

Overview

  • Emergency services were alerted around 03:10 to a woman bleeding and calling for help in a portal on Calle Tigris in the Sevilla Este neighborhood.
  • Initial accounts indicate a first assault occurred in the home, the victim fled to the street, and she was fatally stabbed in the neck.
  • The suspected attacker attempted self-harm with the same weapon and remains hospitalized under police custody at Hospital Virgen Macarena.
  • Officials report no prior complaints or court protection orders, although the victim had an open entry in the VioGén monitoring system.
  • Policía Nacional has opened a homicide investigation with gender-based violence as the main working hypothesis, and local authorities have issued public condemnations.