Overview
- National Police arrested a man in central Palencia after officers forced entry to a Calle Mayor flat around 5:30 a.m. following neighbors’ reports of a fight.
- The woman found inside sustained about 40 stab and cut wounds and signs of an attempted strangulation with a cord, and she remains hospitalized in serious condition though not believed to be in immediate danger.
- The suspect allegedly resisted arrest and injured three officers before being detained, according to the Subdelegación del Gobierno.
- Initial inquiries indicate no prior relationship between the Palencia pair, and investigators are exploring whether the meeting was arranged via a dating app.
- In a separate case in Íscar, the Guardia Civil arrested a foreign national accused of threatening a woman with a knife to keep her from entering a shared home where she cared for a baby, with no prior link found and the detainee placed at judicial disposal.