2 - 8 JUNE 2011
ISSUE NO. 1352
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Boxing champ knifed in road rage incident SPAIN’S 1997 featherweight boxing champion says he feels ‘lucky to be alive’. Francisco Javier Gual was allegedly stabbed by a neighbour during a road rage incident in Palma. He was parking his car at the Rafal
community parking on Calle Cirere, and almost crashed into the alleged assailant’s vehicle. Leaving his wife and 17-month-old son in the car, Francisco got out and the two men started to argue. “When they started to shout at each
other I asked them to shut up, because my son was sleeping in my arms,” his wife said. “I grabbed hold of Francisco and pulled him away to put an end to the fight.” The assailant’s wrath seemed to be provoked
One of Mallorca’s dance troupes perform at Mood Beach.
Get into the groove SALSA has hit the island hard, and there is no better place to learn how to master this style of dancing than with Emilio and Chriz on a Friday night at Mood
Beach in Costa D’en Blanes. The couple frequently arrange guest performances from some of Mallorca’s best dance troupes.
when Francisco walked away after supposedly saying: “I don’t want to argue with old men,” he told a Spanish daily from his Son Espases hospital bed. “I saw that he was going to stab me so I crouched down. I then felt a sharp pain in my heart. I thought I was going to die and even said goodbye to my wife,” Francisco recalled. The 37-year-old is receiving treatment at the hospital for a punctured lung and a fractured rib. When arrested, Jesus RC admitted stabbing Francisco with a small knife carried on a keyring but claims it was after being threatened and struck by the boxer with a set of keys. The boxer’s wife said: “The police have told me they are going to release him and that these incidents don’t go very far. But we see each other in the parking lot frequently and I fear he might do something similar. “I am going to ask for a restraining order,” she added.
NEWS EXTRA
Emergency calls flood in DUE to the heavy rains, the 112 emergency services recorded 70 incidents in less than one hour, including flooding of buildings and falling objects, the majority of which were in Palma.
New builds THE number of new building licences issued in the Balearic Islands fell by 31.26 per cent during the first quarter 2011 to reach 310 units, according to the Ministry of Development, while nationally the drop was only 7.4 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Brutal attack A MAN was sentenced to five-and-a-halfyears in prison for the attempted murder of his daughter’s exboyfriend near the Puerta de San Antonio de Palma in May 2010. The 26-year-old was hospitalized for five days after the 51-year-old stabbed him and beat him up.