A man is arrested after fatally attacking a colleague in a nursing home in Vitoria

A 68-year-old man was arrested this morning as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of homicide after the todeadly aggression to a woman in a senior center in Vitoria, where they both resided. As reported by the Security Department, the victim was evacuated to a hospital due to the serious injuries caused in the attack and subsequently died.

The events occurred after four in the morning, when, from the aforementioned residence, the Ertzaintza was alerted, since a user of the same had attacked another resident causing serious injuries.

The citizen protection patrols at the scene verified that the victim, a woman, He had bleeding injuries on his face.apparently, with a sharp object. Health personnel from an ambulance assisted the woman, evacuating her to the Txagorritxu hospital, where her death was later confirmed.

The agents have carried out an inspection of the facilities of the senior center and a search operation has been launched throughout the city due to the possibility that the main suspect had fled from there.

Finally, it has been located hidden in a bathroom from a locker room in the residence itself and has been arrested as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of homicide. The Ertzaintza maintains the corresponding investigation open to clarify the facts.