Man kills his father and then commits suicide in Murcia, Costa Cálida

The tragedy happened in the Carmen area of the city on Saturday night

A 21 year old man killed his 56 year old father by stabbing him in the neck, and then killed himself instantly by jumping from a fifth floor balcony in Calle Pintor Pedro Lores in the Carmen district of Murcia.

It happened on Saturday night at 9pm when the emergency services were advised that a man had been seriously injured with a stab wound to the neck. When police, fire and health workers arrived at the scene, they found the body of the son on the pavement. The father remained alive but died shortly after the arrival of the health teams.

Neighbours have described the family as ‘exemplary’ and say they have lived in the barrio for 20 years. They are baffled by what has happened.