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Schoolgirl accused of stabbing A 15-YEAR-OLD girl under investigation for allegedly stabbing a 13year-old student from her school has been detained in a juvenile centre. The court made the order after authorities received reports that the suspect was threatening to assault the victim again. The suspect was first arrested and later released following investigations into her alleged attack on the 13-year-old outside their school in Almeria City. Police were called after a fight broke out between the girls and other students, with no arrests made initially. Another brawl broke out outside the school a few hours later and several students and family members were reportedly involved. The 15-year-old allegedly slashed the 13year-old with a kitchen knife between her back and shoulder. Her injuries were later found not to be serious. Police arrested the 15-year-old who said she acted in self defence to stop the 13-year-old from attacking her, according to reports. The investigation continues.
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Storm warning! Almeria braced for bad weather Photo by Almeriense Harto/ twitter
ISSUE NO. 1704
Newspaper in Spain 2018
DARK SKIES: Heavy rain is reportedly on the horizon.
Joe Gerrard T h e S p a n is h w e a the r agency has named Almeria as one of the provinces likely to b e s tru c k b y h e a vy wind and rain this week. AEMET issued yellow weather warnings for the p ro v in c e o v e r p red icte d weather conditions. It also issued an orange warning over waves and winds of up to 80 kilometres an hour today (Thursday). The weather agency has said Almeria’s coastline could be hit by waves up to four metres high as storms from the Atlantic, including Storm Emma, move across the Iberian Peninsula. Rain and clouds have been also been forecast for Friday. Forecasters have predicte d p a rts o f th e p ro v in c e c o u ld s e e h e a v y rain for several days. Snow has also been forecast at higher altitudes in other parts of the country although weather
agencies have said low tempe ra ture s w ill not re a c h Almeria, which will remain mild. The levels of rainfall may break last year’s records if the storms continue on their current path and are not interrupted, according to reports. AEMET had also forecast he a vy w ind a nd ra in for Almeria earlier this week. Yellow weather warnings for strong winds were issued for the province from 7am to 6pm on Tuesday. A lme ria C ity a nd Pontiente were also issued with wind and rain warnings for Wednesday from 5am, lasting all day.
The news comes as Almeria received similar warnings from the w e a the r agency in January. Waves and winds hit the province’s coast during a weather front tha t s truc k 23 othe r provinces in Spain. The province was also struck by hurricane-force winds at the start of the year which caused millions of euros in damage to farms. The Junta de Andalucia has since made €100 million available to farmers to repair greenhouses and other farming structures hit by the storms. Farmers are also eligible to claim funds to make their farms more productive.
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Public funds pilfered A C I V I L S E RVA N T h a s been sentenced to five years and three months in prison after being found guilty of taking more than €246,000 from the Junta d e A n d a l u c i a ’s e n v i r o n ment department. Miguel GL has also been disqualified from public o ff i c e f o r n i n e y e a r s f o r falsifying documents and of the misappropriation of public funds. The court heard the defendant sought to profit from his role in the Junta through his management of one of their accounts. The jury found him guilty of withdrawing money from the account a total of 49 times while in office in 2009. He was asked to give his DNI number and to sign for the last seven withdrawals and instead changed his number around and used fictitious signatures. The jury said the official had acted in a “personal and direct way” over the transfers and that his defence in which he claimed he had collaborated with authorities.