A 60-year-old woman was stabbed to death on Wednesday in Arrecife, Lanzarote, the incident occurring in calle Nacarra in the Titerroy district of the municipality.
Domestic violence fatality on Lanzarote
A Senegalese man, in the country illegally, has confessed to killing his 35 year old Italian girlfriend on the island of Lanzarote on Wednesday.
21 bodies recovered after Lanzarote boat tragedy
A total of twenty-one bodies have now been recovered off the island of Lanzarote following the capsizing on Sunday of a small boat carrying illegal immigrants. A further three people are unaccounted for. The boat capsized about twenty metres from shore near the town of Teguise. There were only six survivors, rescued through the heroic efforts of two local residents, …
Tragedy in Lanzarote as immigrant boat capsizes
Four North African immigrants died last night and another eighteen are missing after their small boat capsized a mere twenty metres from the shore on the island of Lanzarote. The small boat arrived off the coast near Teguise but then, for reasons not yet known, the craft capsized.
More domestic violence
A 53 year old Spanish woman is in hospital in Arrecife, Lanzarote, after being attacked with a knife, allegedly by her partner. The incident took place in calle Escardillo in the Argana Alta district of Arrecife. The woman is being treated at the Hospital José Molina Orosa. Her alleged attacker has been arrested and detained in custody pending a court …
Air Europa plane skids off runway
An Air Europa flight, flight number AEA196, from Glasgoq to Lanzarote skidded off the runway this morning after landing and ended up just short of the perimeter fencing. No-one was injured in the incident and the passengers are now all carrying on with their holidays. There were 74 passengers and 6 crew on board the plane. The plane, a Boeing …
32 illegal immigrants intercepted near Lanzarote
Guardia Civil and Maritime Rescue officers have this morning intercepted a small boat carrying 32 illegal immigrants, including a woman and her baby, near the island of Lanzarote. The boat was spotted by a fishing vessel about three miles from Teguise, on the northeastern coast, and was then intercepted by the authorities and towed to the port of Arrecife. All …