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12 July 1979: Dozens die in hotel blaze in Zaragoza

CHARLOTTE WAY

...hospitalised hotel guests who had fallen victim to the flames. On 13 July, more than 3,000 people paid their respects to the dead at a funeral at Zaragoza Cathedral. Investigation into the blaze pronounced the tragedy accidental; 20 litres of oil had caught ... claiming responsibility in the hours following the disaster: one allegedly from Basque separatist organisation, ETA, and the other from anti-Francoist, revolutionary organisation, FRAP. Details of the investigation were not openly disclosed, and suggestions

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Body found on Marbella-Istán road had multiple bullet wounds

SUR

The body of a man with multiple bullet wounds in the abdomen, arm, and the leg was found by the side of the A-7176 last Sunday. The National Police took charge of the investigation and confirmed that the body was that of a Bulgarian man in his

Local

Chief suspect in Dana Leonte case prevents suicide of fellow inmate

J. C. / A. F. / F. T.

...to proclaim his innocence, which he has done since the beginning of the investigation when Dana went missing on 12 June. He was taken to the courtroom by police and did not speak to any members of the press who were waiting outside the court ahead ... to be bones of animals that live in the area, sources close to the investigation have said that some appear to be human remains. The bones have been sent off for testing to see if they correspond to the woman's DNA. Police have said that they could

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21 arrested for selling false documents

SUR

21 people have been arrested by the National Police in Malaga in a crackdown on Social Security fraud. The group were selling fake documents and had already defrauded the government out of 76,000 euros. The investigation, which is ongoing, is

National

Bremain in Spain Chair is lead claimaint in a legal challenge against Theresa May over Brexit

JENNIE RHODES

...organisations during the 2016 referendum campaign, which is currently the subject of a police investigation for exceeding legal spending limits according to the UK Electoral Commission, should nullify the prime minister's decision to notify the EU of the UK's ... Gina Miller, took the government to court last year over the referendum in a high-profile case. While Wilson explained to SUR in English that the police investigation is completely separate from this challenge, she said that if the investigation ... However, she says she remains hopeful that given the divisions between the Conservative and Labour parties and the lack of a deal after more than two years of negotiations, as well as this challenge and the police investigation, that Brexit "may not happen"

Local

Man arrested after crashing car through the front of police station

Álvaro Frías / Juan cano

...building and the interior. The events took place around four in the morning. The investigation suggests that the crash was intentional, since the driver called 112 half an hour before, expressing his intention to take his own life, a claim that is still

Local

A dozen of Assad's relatives testify

E. P.

Around a dozen relatives of Rifaat al Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, have been testifying at the national high court this week as part of an investigation into money laundering. The millionaire's Puerto Banús home was raided in April while

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Cases of coronavirus in Malaga province increase to 59

Pilar r. Quirós / Sergio Cortés / SUR

Virgen de la Victoria Hospital: three men (87, 66 and 25) and two women (86 and 71). None of them has apparently been in contact with a known case or visited a high-risk area and the source of infection is under investigation. Another case where the

Local

Ryanair could receive government fines of up to 4.5 million euros

The Irish airline Ryanair is under formal investigation after it cancelled 514 flights with origin or destination in Spain. Last weekend, the Public Works minister Íñigo de la Serna explained to Spanish radio that the national airline security

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Marbella plays host to first underwater and space tourism summit

CHARO MÁRQUEZ

Underwater Tourism universal Summit (SUTUS). The two-day event welcomed an array of distinguished speakers including Sam Scimemi, director of the International Space Station (ISS) at the NASA headquarters; Tony Gannon, vice-president of Investigation and