The sources have specified that the events occurred this Wednesday when The man, 31 years old and of Romanian nationality, He set fire to his home, where his wife, a Spanish national, and his son were.
As a result of the fire, The woman is admitted to an induced coma with severe burns.while the minor was treated by emergency services and is in good condition.
Agents from the Arona Local Police assisted in the fire and They arrested the aggressor. The Judicial Police of the Civil Guard has taken charge of the case, which is being investigated as sexist violence.
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The individual accused of trying to kill his romantic partner in Valle San Lorenzo, in the Tenerife municipality of Arona, He had threatened the victim that he was going to burn down the house with her inside. and yesterday morning he fulfilled the warning. To facilitate the spread of the fire she used gasoline.
The individual, 31 years old and of Romanian nationality, no longer resided at home, since the marriage was in a period of separation.
The event occurred shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 29, in a building on Montaña Ratón Street, in the upper part of Valle San Lorenzo, where the family lived as a rental.
The man accused of the double attempted homicide had no police or criminal record in Spain. Besides, The authorities are not aware of any prior complaints or restraining order. of today’s accusation regarding the victim, 34 years old and of Spanish nationality.
The woman suffers serious burns on half of her body and remains in an induced coma at the Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria University Hospital (HUNSC).
The Court of Violence against Women of Arona decreed this Thursday morning the entry into provisional prison, communicated and without bail of the arrested person as the alleged perpetrator of two crimes of homicide at the level of attempt, another of arson, as well as threats and coercion.
The four-year-old minor suffered minor injuries in the aforementioned episode of sexist violence.
The Emergency and Security Coordinating Center of the Government of the Canary Islands activated the Arona Local Police at 8:30 a.m. The municipal agents verified that there was a significant column of black smoke coming out of the house, so they again urgently requested the presence of the Tenerife Consortium firefighters and an ambulance.
After collecting the first testimonies, the officials proceeded to arrest the alleged perpetrator of the events. At the time the flames spread through the house, both the woman and her son were outside, but she decided to enter the property to collect a certain amount of money that she had saved. It was at that moment that she suffered burns and smoke inhalation. The health personnel decided to immediately transfer her intubated to the aforementioned hospital center.
In addition, the aforementioned local police officers guarded the victim’s son and the detainee until the Social Services area personnel arrived. The child was transferred to an immediate reception center (CAI) in the metropolitan area of Tenerife, thanks to the efforts of said team.
And the municipal agents were in charge of reporting the situation to the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office and the General Directorate of Child and Family Protection of the Government of the Canary Islands.
Four murdered, a woman in a coma and 2 minors injured by sexist violence in 5 days
Gender violence affects women and children in Spain: in just five days, four sexist aggressors have allegedly killed three women and a 5-year-old girl and left one victim in a coma and two other minors. wounded.
Perpetrated between Saturday, November 25, and Wednesday, these four extreme attacks involved the minor sons and daughters of the victims, in one case as witnesses and in the other three as victims of vicarious violence. They have taken place in Madrid, Valencia and Tenerife.
His victims were named Fátima, Tatiana Beatriz and Leticia and the little victim of vicarious violence was named Abril. Two of the women had denounced their attackers in the past.
So far this year, 54 women have been murdered by their partners or ex-partners and two girls have been fatal victims of vicarious crimes in Spain. There are 1,239 women murdered since 2003 and 50 minors killed by their fathers or their mothers’ partners or ex-partners since 2013.
After registering this concentration of crimes, the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, has stressed that “Spanish democracy cannot tolerate more sexist murders” and has assured on the social network and will strengthen consensus against discourses that deny it.
