Moroccan Man Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of Neighbor in Zaragoza, Spain

The accused and the victim share the same landing of a building located on Alegría street. The woman’s cries for help were heard by a resident of the neighborhood who alerted the police. Once on the scene, the agents found the victim with a knife stuck in her abdomen, on the threshold of the door of her apartment, and the alleged perpetrator, seriously injured, reports Heraldo.

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Despite the emergency care she received, the woman succumbed to her numerous injuries. As for the man, he was taken to the Miguel Servet hospital where he is in custody, pending his recovery from his injuries.

The government delegate in Aragon, Rosa Serrano, condemned this new crime whose victim is a woman. She is awaiting the results of the investigation to know if the victim and the alleged murderer have a romantic relationship and if it is a new case of gender-based violence.

If this hypothesis is confirmed, the woman would be the first victim of gender-based violence in Aragon this year, and the nineteenth in Spain.