This Thursday, the Ertzaintza arrested a 68-year-old man who lives in a retirement home in Vitoria accused of killing a womanresiding in the same center. As reported by the Basque Security Department, the victim was evacuated to a hospital due to the serious injuries caused during the attack, where she later died.
The events occurred after 4 a.m., when staff at a residence located in Vitoria alerted the Ertzaintza that a user of the center had attacked another resident causing serious injury.
The patrols who went to the scene noted that the victim had bleeding lesions on the face caused, apparently, by a sharp object. Medical personnel from an ambulance assisted the woman and evacuated her to Txagorritxu hospital, where He died shortly after.
At the same time, officers inspected the senior center facilities and began a citywide search operation for the killer due to the possibility that he had fled the scene, although ultimately was found hiding in a bathroom from a locker room in the residence.
The man was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of homicide. The Ertzaintza is keeping the investigation open to clarify the facts.
