Brit in intensive care after being stabbed in Tenerife resort as police hunt knifeman
dailyrecord.co.ukA British man has been stabbed in a Tenerife tourist resort.The unnamed 22-year-old is battling serious injuries after he was rushed to hospital in Playa de las Americas.
The resort is one of the island's main tourist locations. Mercy crews said the man was stabbed in his stomach and officers on the island are now probing the attack, which happened in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It's not currently clear whether anyone has been arrested in connection. The victim, who was admitted to an intensive care unit at a hospital in the Tenerife capital Santa Cruz, is thought to have been on holiday on the island although there has not yet been any official confirmation.A spokesman for an emergency response co-ordination centre said: “A British man aged 22 has been taken to the Our Lady of Candelaria University Hospital.
He had a serious stomach stab wound when he was assisted at the scene.“We received a 999 call just before 6.30am this morning requesting assistance for an injured man in a street called Avenida Antonio Dominguez Alfonso in the municipality of Arona.
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