The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested a 54-year-old Portuguese man, resident of Elvas (Portalegre district), alleged perpetrator of the attempted murder of a Portuguese taxi driver who was stabbed and seriously injured, as announced this Friday.
In a statement sent to the Luz agency, the Badajoz Civil Guard command said the suspect was taken to the Instructional Court of Olivenza in Extremadura, Spain, which ordered his preventive detention.
A Civil Guard source contacted by Luza said that since the crime was committed on Spanish soil, the man was in preventive detention in that country and that is where he would be tried.
A taxi driver from Elvas was injured on Wednesday after he was stabbed by a client he was driving to Olivenza, Spain, a PSP source said.
The same source then said that the man who was “attacked with a bladed weapon” by a Portuguese client was “under observation” at the Santa Luzia hospital in Elvas.
In a statement, the Spanish Guardia Civil confirmed that on Wednesday afternoon the customs police cooperation center at the Caia border, between Elvas and Badajoz, learned of an attack suffered by a taxi driver while transporting a client to the municipality of Olivenza.
“It was at the end of the trip, near Ponte da Ajuda, that a passenger attacked him with a knife, causing serious injuries to his neck, face and arms, and even used his seat belt to try to strangle him,” Spanish media reported. police forces.
The taxi driver managed to escape from the attacker and reach the Santa Luzia hospital, “where he had to be treated for serious injuries caused by a knife.”
Based on the information provided to it, the Guardia Civil installed devices to try to find the perpetrator, who was eventually found in the Olivares area of Villarreal.
The suspect, who has a “conviction for murder” in Portugal, “was found to have the weapon used in the attack,” the security forces noted.
“In the presence of incriminating evidence, he was arrested and brought before official authorities” and charged with “crimes of attempted murder of a Portuguese taxi driver and causing bodily harm,” the latter corresponding to serious bodily offenses under the Portuguese Penal Code. I consulted with Lusa.
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