Malaga knife attack: victim with chest injury in ICU and three arrested
Sources have said that the incident happened so fast that the victim's friends did not realise how it started
A 35-year-old man of French origin remains in intensive care after a serious stabbing in front of a bar in Malaga's Pedregalejo district on Sunday night. The police have so far arrested three suspects and the case remains open.
According to sources, the incident happened so fast that the victim's friends were not aware that a brawl had started. With the help of one his friends, the injured man managed to walk a few metres, leaving a trail of blood behind him.
When he couldn't walk anymore, the man fell on Calle Bolivia. The first people to assist him were a couple walking nearby.
The emergency services received a call reporting that a man had been stabbed in the chest around 11.20pm. When they arrived, the victim was conscious but losing a lot of blood.
An ambulance urgently took him to Hospital Regional, reportedly with a punctured lung. According to the latest updates, the man was still in the ICU in the early hours of Tuesday.
The police deployed a rapid operation and found three suspects in different areas of Malaga city centre. What helped was the testimony of one witness, who pointed to a white Mercedes on the run.
The police arrested the three suspects in the early hours of Monday morning. All of them are around the age of 20. The investigation remains open for the moment.
