British man killed in Spain as police investigate ‘violent’ death
A British tourist has been killed with Spanish police investigating his “violent death” of the 31-year-old.
Catalan police said they were called to reports of a fight shortly before 4am on Friday in Calella, about 30 miles north-east of Barcelona.
An injured man was treated by emergency services but died at the scene, police said.
In a statement, the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police) said: “Agents of the Mossos d’Esquadra of the criminal investigation division of the northern metropolitan region are investigating the violent death of a 31-year-old man in Calella de Mar.”
🔴🔴 Una persona morta per arma blanca i una altra ferida en una baralla, aquesta passada matinada en una discoteca de la zona turística. Mossos porta la investigació del cas.
Ara mateix, tot el sector està acordonat amb una important presència d’efectius policials. pic.twitter.com/sRiLiRafi2— Ràdio Calella Televisió (@RadioCalellaTV) June 21, 2024
A further statement said: “This morning there was a fight in a nightclub in the city. The result of the incident is one dead and one injured, who has been taken to a hospital. The attack was by knife.”
The incident is understood to have occurred outside the Oxygen nightclub.
Images shared on social media show a significant police presence, with the area taped off.
Calella is a popular tourist spot in the Maresme region of Spain near Barcelona.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has been approached for comment.
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