Two Irish teens, 18, arrested over ‘unprovoked' street attack on grandfather, 71, & grandson in popular tourist hotspot
BRUTAL ASSAULT Two Irish teens, 18, arrested over 'unprovoked' street attack on grandfather, 71, & grandson in popular tourist hotspot
TWO teenagers have been arrested over a brutal street attack on an Irish grandfather and his grandson in a popular Majorcan holiday resort.
The 18-year-olds, who are also from Ireland, were held after witnesses told police they had seen them kicking and punching their compatriots following an earlier row in a tattoo parlour.
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The violent incident occurred in Santa Ponsa near Magaluf.
The 71-year-old victim and his 20-year-old grandson were taken to hospital, with the elder of the two men needing an emergency operation after suffering several facial fractures.
The two tourists held were remanded to a local jail after appearing before a judge in court, although they have since paid €2,000 bail and have been freed while a judicial investigation continues.
The Civil Guard has yet to make any official comment about the incident.
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Local paper Diario de Mallorca described the early-hours attack at the end of last month as 'unprovoked'.
It said it occurred after the Irish teenagers were kicked out of a tattoo parlour in the resort's Ramon de Montcada Street after starting to insult and threaten staff and customers.
They are said to have told the men they allegedly went on to physically attack: 'What are you looking at? Do you want a fight?'
They reportedly waited outside with six other friends for 40 minutes and ambushed their alleged victims as they walked back to their hotel.
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It has been reported that the the teenagers continued to kick and punch them after knocking them to the ground.
The assault is said to have occurred outside an unnamed fast food restaurant where witnesses afterwards gave police a description of what had happened.
The teenagers, who are still being investigated although they are thought to have been given permission to return to Ireland, spent only a few hours behind bars before managing to stump up their bail bond.
SANTA PONSA FATAL CRASH
Separately, at the weekend it emerged an Irish tourist had been involved in a fatal crash in Santa Ponsa.
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The 38-year-old was at the wheel of a rental car which collided head-on with a 51-year-old German cyclist in the town on July 31.
Police spent nearly half an hour trying to save the man knocked off his bike.
Paramedics arrived a short time later and confirmed he was deceased.
No arrests are believed to have been made although a local judge has opened an investigation into the accident.
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It happened just before 5pm on July 31 at the intersection of Ramon de Moncada Street and Bartomeu Rossello Planas Street.
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