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A Pension from Hell

(Regional News) The only photograph that Juana Ruiz has of her father was taken in 1936, when he was a young soldier in uniform – she was only one when he disappeared from their lives forever. Now she has 27,440 euros to remember him by, thanks to the Republic of France.

7 Star in Trouble

According to the IU (left-wing coalition) the Junta called on the Almunecar Town Hall to annul the building licence for the 7-star hotel in Cotobro on the Penon del Lobo on the 30th of June, days before the local elections.

First of Ten Violent Episodes

Regional News: You will be surprised by the amount of violence in just one month – or perhaps you wont, but here goes: this is the first of a cluster of violent incidents within Andalucía during a month.

Swedish Girls Attacked

Regional News: A 30-year-old man allegedly tried to sexually abuse a 19-year-old Swedish woman and then slit her throat – he also managed to wound the girl’s roommate. The incident took place in a hostel in Fuengirola.

Energetic Couple

Regional News: An off duty Guardia-Civil policeman was strolling along in the hospitable and welcoming town of Prune when his attention was drawn to a man and a woman – one armed with a wood axe and the other an iron bar – busily trying to kill somebody, allegedly. He begrudgingly opted to end his day off and intervene.

Violence inside Ambulance

Regional News: The number of attacks and aggression in general that is being carried out against doctors and medical staff by members of the general public is growing. What occurred in Estepona is just one more case within the growing phenomenon.

Unforgiving Barmaid

Regional News: You don’t mess with the barmaids in Malaga, if this incident is anything to go by: a waitress was arrested after stabbing a customer in the chest, who had refused to pay for his drinks.

Not Nice Family

What about the family of bank robbers that tortured a petty drug dealer with a carpenter’s hammer? The accused, who the Public Prosecutor claims carried out robberies using extreme violence, allegedly shot the man after smashing his hands and feet.