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by Tara Rippin SECURITY guard Rafael Pantoja has been charged on suspicion of murder after his expartner was stabbed to death at a shopping complex in Palma. Sacramento Roca Martinez, 36, died last Friday afternoon after being stabbed with a machete multiple times from behind while working in a furniture store at the Conforama shopping complex on Calle Aragon in Palma. CCTV footage captured the brutal attack by Pantoja, 45, at around 4.45pm. Ambulances and paramedics were quickly on the scene, but the mother-of-two was pronounced dead 15 minutes later. Pantoja was reportedly chased and stopped by a group of people who included an offduty Llucmajor police officer and a fellow security guard. Pantoja, who has two teenage children from a previous relationship, was arrested and taken into custody, before being admitted to Son Espases Hospital after he is said to have self-harmed in a police cell. He was sedated and discharged two days later to ap-
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Murder charge after fatal stabbing pear in court where he was ordered to prison on the charge of murder. Well-known among the security guard fraternity, Pantoja has worked at the courts in Pal-
ma and at the Marratxi festival park. It has been reported that his motive for the assault was to end his relationship with Sacramento. A minute’s silence in memo-
ry of Sacramento was observed across Palma. Spanish press reports claim the National Police has since opened an internal investigation to find out if there was an
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FATAL ATTACK: 45 year-old Rafael Pantoja (inset) has been charged with murder.
‘error’ in processing complaints made by Sacramento, detailing incidents of harassment and ‘crimes of damage’ after she decided to end the relationship.