Man ‘kills his ex-partner and himself after shoe box bomb explodes’
A man is feared to have killed himself and his ex by detonaitng a bomb he had concealed inside a shoe box in Spain.
The pair were found dead following a blast by a children’s play area in the holiday resort of Orio close to the Basque city of San Sebastian around 5.30pm on Tuesday.
Local media citing police sources are reporting the incident is being treated as a case of sexist violence and this was confirmed last night by the regional president.
Detectives are understood to be working on the theory the unnamed man, found on the ground by a bench, was carrying a bomb in a shoe box.
The woman being described as his ex-partner was found dead on the bench with injuries including head wounds.
She is understood to have had a brief relationship with the man which ended recently.
Neighbours who knew her have described her as a ‘kind’ woman.
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