Man arrested after fatally attacking colleague at retirement home in Vitoria

A 68-year-old man was arrested this morning as the alleged perpetrator of homicide after the hasfatal assault to a woman in a center for the elderly in Vitoria, where they both resided. As reported by the Security Department, the victim was evacuated to a hospital due to serious injuries caused during the attack and subsequently died.

The events occurred after four in the morning, when, from the aforementioned residence, the Ertzaintza was alerted, because a user of the same had attacked another resident causing serious injury.

Citizen protection patrols on site verified that the victim, a woman, He had bleeding wounds on his face.apparently, with a sharp object. Medical personnel from an ambulance assisted the woman and evacuated her to Txagorritxu Hospital, where she was later confirmed dead.

Officers conducted an inspection of the senior center facilities and a citywide search operation was launched due to the possibility that the main suspect may have fled.

Eventually he was located hidden in a bathroom from a locker room in the residence itself and was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of the crime of homicide. The Ertzaintza keeps the corresponding investigation open to clarify the facts.