Overview

• Police say the confrontation unfolded shortly before 12:30 a.m. between Sunday and Monday in Plaza Viriato, where two men experiencing homelessness argued under shelter during the storm alert.
• Emergency medics performed a transfusion at the scene and rushed the victim to Hospital General, where he died from severe hemorrhaging.
• The National Police detained the alleged attacker in the early hours back at the plaza and he is expected to be brought before a judge.
• Reports differ on the weapon used, with accounts citing either a stiletto that has not been recovered or the pointed end of an umbrella.
• Reporting identifies the victim as Mohamed Said B., 37, and the detainee as Adam R., 31, as the body was sent to the Valencia Institute of Legal Medicine for autopsy.