Random Majorca airport knife attacker ‘is homeless man who lives at terminal' amid rough sleeping epidemic across Spain
The 45-year-old Salvadoran was remanded in custody over the horror attack amid a worrying
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The crazed 45-year-old Salvadoran suspected attacker being led to his jail cell by cops
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Police were urgently called to Majorca's Palma Airport on Tuesday morning after reports of a man being stabbed in the neck
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The attack comes amid a worrying rough sleeping epidemic plaguing much of Spain - including in Malaga's airport
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Police were urgently called to Majorca's Palma Airport on
Tuesday morning
after reports of a man being stabbed in the neck in the arrivals area.
Detectives said the victim was a young Argentinian who suffered a wound a few centimetres from the artery which required several stitches.
They continued: 'The victim was walking with a friend towards the car park after having gone to meet a relative in arrivals when they were approached by a stranger.
'The suspect asked them about his mobile and then pounced on his victim brandishing a knife which he used to stab him in the neck."
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It has now emerged that
the suspect
is a homeless man thought to sleep at the popular holiday airport.
Police said he had no fixed home after his arrest.
And well-placed sources revealed today that they believe the attacker is one of the rough sleepers at Palma Airport.
The homeless situation across
Spain
has drastically worsened in recent months with officials now taking note of the issue.
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Reports even claim more than 400 rough sleepers have taken over Madrid's Barajas Airport.
The attacker was heroically stopped by security guards who saved the young man's life, police said.
Horror moment knifeman is shot dead at top Brit holiday airport after threatening terrified tourists and lunging at cops
Majorcan based lawyer Ivan Garcia Lopez, who is representing the suspect, confirmed yesterday his client is being investigated on suspicion of attempted homicide.
He added: 'I am working on trying to secure his release on bail.'
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As a well-placed source told The Sun: 'The man arrested said he doesn't remember anything.
'He is alleged to have gone beserk after his own phone was stolen as he was going through his bag at the airport after getting off a bus.
"And then going up to the first person he saw to ask him about his mobile wrongly thinking presumably that it might be his."
The assault follows another knifeman who tried to
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It is understood that the man made numerous physical attempts to stab police with a "20cm" blade before he was shot dead by cops.
Inside crime riddled homeless camps at Spainish airports
In recent months, several Spanish airports have been overrun by homeless camps, crime and filthy insect infestations - prompting traveller warnings and a public outcry.
Some rough sleepers have slept in the terminals for up to seven years, and have seen brazen violence and drug use under the roofs.
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The capital's airport - full name Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas - is the country's busiest and is where a "hidden city" has been allowed to balloon over the past decade.
Urine puddles and crack pipes little the floor, and nomads "off their faces" roam the corridors.
The suspect asked them about his mobile and then pounced on his victim brandishing a knife which he used to stab him in the neck
Well placed source
told The Sun
Some lay mattresses and cardboard onto the hard floor, while others simply curl up next to the walls surrounded by their belongings.
Many of the rough sleepers can also be seen sprawled across the chairs in the waiting areas of the terminal.
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Madrid-Barajas had to be fumigated last week after passengers and staff reported being covered in bedbug bites.
Footage posted to social media also showed various bugs - including cockroaches, ticks and fleas - crawling around the airport, and workers posted evidence of the bites.
Airport staff down in Malaga have also reported noticing the itchy red bumps - though officials deny there is a problem.
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Workers in the southern airport claim to have seen the insects "climbing up the walls" near the departure gates, and report using insect repellent before work.
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Hundreds of people are estimated to sleep rough in several Spanish airports each night
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