The police have arrested a Swedish man after he stole a butane lorry in Barcelona a drove 3km the wrong way down a one-way system.
Tag Archive for catalunya
Stabbed Bank Manager
by Martin Myall •
A man went into a bank branch in Barcelona, stabbed the female bank manager several times and then fled, only to throw himself off a fly-over bridge.
Unwanted Passenger
by Louise Powell •
The Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan regional police) arrested a man and charged him not only with the theft of a car, but also of ejecting the elderly passenger.
Spot of Positive News
by Louise Powell •
Spain received 5.8m foreign tourists during May, giving it the best May figures in history.
Figueres & Forest Fires
by Gazette Reader •
Fires in the North-West corner of Spain have resulted in two tourists jumping to their deaths from a cliff in an attempt to escape the advancing flames. A reader from nearby Figueres has written in with news from that town.