Man arrested in Spain after Irish woman found dead in holiday resort

Man arrested in Spain after Irish woman found dead in holiday resort

Police have confirmed they held the 30-year-old man on Sunday night after rushing to a hotel in the Costa Dorada resort of Salou, 70 miles south of Barcelona, and finding the woman in a corridor. File photo: AP/Manu Mielniezuk

An Irish tourist has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an Irish woman was found dead at a hotel in a Spanish holiday resort.

Police have confirmed they held the 30-year-old man on Sunday night after rushing to a hotel in the Costa Dorada resort of Salou, 70 miles south of Barcelona, and finding the woman in a corridor. The man, discovered beside her with a “self-inflicted” wound, was taken to hospital where he remained under police guard on Monday.

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