ISSUE NO. 1692
7 - 13 December 2017
Robbing the blind OFFICERS from the National Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for robbing a blind seller of the ONCE lottery tickets. During October, an investigation was started after several thefts were reported in the city centre of Murcia. Wi t n e s s e s were shown photographs of the suspect and he was eventually identified as being behind a dozen petty crimes.
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Sniper hits two By Darren James A WOMAN has been arrested in S a n ta P o la a fte r a llegedly firing a number of shots and injuring two people. The 35-year-old was already known to the Guardia Civil as she possesses a crimin al rec o rd th a t includes a previous prison sentence. The incident unfolded after two people were walking along a street in Santa Pola when all of a sudden they were both hit by pellets... but were initially unaware about what had happened.
In the first case, a 43ye a r-old w oma n told the Guardia Civil that she heard what she thought was a firec ra c ke r going off a nd thought nothing of it. She felt an intense pain in a toe on her right foot but continued on her way home because she found nothing wrong and didn’t bother going to the medical centre. The second victim of the sniper was more serious, being a 14-year-old teenager who was shot in the head a nd ha d to be rus he d to Elc he G e ne ra l H os pita l where he underwent surgery
to remove the lead shot. Fortunately, in the latter case, the boy’s father had seen everything unfolding a nd ha d s potte d a w oma n leaning over a balcony with w ha t he be lie ve d w a s a firearm. O ff i c e r s from the Guardia Civil immediately obtained a search warrant f o r t h e s u s p e c t ’s a d d r e s s where they found under the kitchen table a springloaded rifle and a box of 5.5mm pellets matching those found on the roads and pavements where the incidents took place.
These little piggies went to Alicante IMAGES of a group of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs eating from rubbish piled on Alicante streets has sparked outrage from a local politician. The Popular Party’s Municipal Group spokesman, Luis Barcala, warned that the situation risked violating the minimum requirements of public health, according to Spanish media. Pigs are shown grazing on bags of rubbish strewn on the roads, in a neighbourhood which is also home to a local cemetry. Mr Barcala also described the photos as “unimaginable” and “absolutely incredible.” He called on local authorities
to act quickly to clean up the area and criticised local mayor Gabriel Echavarri. He suggested that local residents deserved - and were promised better - and that the scenes could impact on the area’s tourism industry. The pigs are thought to originate from a private pet collection but they are now increasing in numbers.
PIGGING OUT: One of the images of the animals with the rubbish.
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