Irishman, 29, rushed to hospital after being stabbed near shopping centre in popular Spain resort as probe launched
AN IRISHMAN has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Spain.
The shocking incident happened in the same area of Costa Blanca where an Irish national was left critically injured last month after being shot in the head.
The 29-year-old was rushed to hospital in the early hours of yesterday morning after being attacked near a shopping centre in La Zenia a short drive south of Torrevieja.
He is still at Torrevieja Hospital and his condition has not been made public although his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
The alarm was raised around 1.30am on Sunday with reports of a man bleeding in the street.
The victim, said to be known to police, reportedly declined to identify his attacker.
An ongoing investigation into the incident is being led by the Civil Guard.
The same police force revealed late last month it had arrested two men on suspicion of the attempted murder of an Irish national left fighting for his life in a hospital intensive care unit.
The 21-year-old was shot in the head near the same shopping centre called La Zenia Boulevard where Sunday's incident took place.
Detectives revealed on May 27 they had held two male suspects aged 27 and 45 who they later confirmed were also Irish.
The shooting took place on the night of May 13. One of the suspects was held in Orihuela Costa and the other in nearby Pilar de la Horadada.
A Civil Guard spokesman said at the time: 'A court in Orihuela has remanded one of the men, considered to be the shooter, in prison, while the other has been released on bail as a suspected accomplice but banned from leaving the country.'
Detectives have not said what they thought the motive behind the crime was.
Well-placed sources said today they did not believe the two incidents were linked.
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