Brit woman, 76, stabbed to death on Costa Blanca as man, 82, arrested by police

A PENSIONER has been arrested after a British woman was stabbed to death in Spain.

The victim, 76, was found dead in Costa Blanca this morning.

Cops rushed to the scene at a property in the village of Orihuela Costa shortly before 8am local time (7am BST) today.

A woman from the UK was found with multiple stab wounds.

Spanish police arrested an 82-year-old Norwegian man, understood to be her partner.

A friend is reported to have called the Civil Guard after the suspect asked him to come over so he could help him hand himself in to cops.

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Sources close to the investigation claim the woman had been stabbed in the early hours of the morning.

A spokesman for the Civil Guard said: “We can confirm that today at 7.40am we were alerted to a possible domestic violence incident at a property in Orihuela Costa which resulted in the death of the victim.

“The wounds she had could correspond to an attack with a bladed weapon.

“The victim is a British woman aged 76 and the suspected killer, who is under arrest, is a Norwegian man aged 82."

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Detectives said there were no previous reports of any problems between the suspect and the victim.

Sources say the pair lived together at the property, though it is not clear whether they were married.

In March a 69-year-old British man was arrested in the same area of Orihuela Costa over the fatal stabbing of his 64-year-old partner who was also from the UK.

Police said at the time the suspect had been arrested as he tried to flee the couple’s home.

Officials could not confirm today whether he remained in jail following his remand in prison by an investigating judge.

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