Several passers-by tried to stop a vicious attack on Sunday afternoon in La Laguna when they came across one man beating another with an iron bar.
The attack happened around 4pm near the Plaza del Adelantado, and despite attempts to stop the beating even when the victim was on the floor, the assailant continued assaulting him with the iron bar until a Policía Local patrol intervened, alerted by the shouts of the witnesses. The victim is now in the University Hospital with severe head injuries and a deep gash in his skull, and his attacker, having at first tried to flee the scene, is in police custody on charges of attempted murder.
The motive for the attack is still unknown, at least to the press: the police are saying nothing at present. All that is known at the moment is that the attacker is a 41-year-old with initials JRM, of Punta del Hidalgo; the victim is 42-year-old FJHG, of Polígono Padre Anchieta.
La Opinion
Man arrested after vicious attack in broad daylight in La Laguna 
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