ISSUE NO. 1437
17 - 23 JANUARY 2013
Police step up patrols after Briton stabbed A STABBING in Benidorm’s ‘English zone’ has led to increased police patrols in the area. The incident took place when two
Britons, one a man aged 55 and the other 39, argued over a woman. Witnesses later claimed that as tempers flared, the younger man
took out a knife and stabbed the older one twice. He was not seriously wounded, but this - according to some witnesses - was partly because he weighed around 130 kilos, and no vital organs were affected. After the stabbing Local Police traced the attacker to a nearby bar where he was drinking. Stabbings and fights are not uncommon in the ‘English zone’ where people frequently go to drink, and where the nights are not as peaceful as during daytime visits. Complaints of shoplifting ENGLISH ZONE: The and robbery are also fairly area is well known in common. Benidorm as it is where Local business-owners most British people go have repeatedly called for a greater police presence, when they come to the and made fresh appeals town. It is not always as following this latest peaceful at night as incident. during the day.
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