Escaped Moroccan Prisoner Claims Self-Defense in Zaragoza Neighbor’s Stabbing Death

The accused testified on Tuesday at the Miguel Servet hospital where he is receiving treatment. He is accused of murdering his neighbor, Cristina G., 32, whose lifeless body was found on Monday with a knife plunged into her abdomen. Adil L., 45, has been wanted for two years for escaping from the Zuera prison where he was serving a sentence for the murder of a 24-year-old French woman of Moroccan origin in 2001 in Madrid, according to Heraldo.

To justify the murder of his neighbor, he told the police that it was "self-defense", claiming that he had no relationship with the victim. The Moroccan added that it was the victim who rang his doorbell, armed with a knife which she stabbed him in the abdomen after he opened the door. "I had to defend myself," he told the agents, explaining that they both fell to the ground and that it was at that moment that he recovered the weapon and stabbed her several times.

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It is up to the investigators to verify the truthfulness of these statements, based on the evidence found at the crime scene. They will analyze the blood of the victim and the accused as well as the knife used to commit the crime. They will also examine the mobile phones of the two protagonists to rule out or confirm the existence of a relationship.

Cristina G. worked in an insurance brokerage company. Her colleagues are devastated by the news of her death. The police are exploring all leads and do not rule out any hypothesis in view of the suspect’s criminal record. The Government Delegate in Aragon, Rosa Serrano, and the Mayor of Zaragoza, Jorge Azcon, strongly condemned this crime.