A British man has been rushed to hospital with stab wounds in Tenerife today.
The 22-year-old man was left with serious injuries after an early morning stabbing in the island’s Playa de las Américas resort, in the south of the Spanish island.
He was admitted to the intensive care unite of a hospital in the island’s capital of Santa Cruz, where he is being treated for a stab wound to his stomach.
The man is believed have been on holiday in Tenerife, but this has not been officially confirmed.
A Spanish man has been arrested after the incident, but National Police leading the probe refuse to say more than ‘the incident remains under investigation’.
They have up to 72 hours to question him before deciding whether to release him.
A spokesman for an emergency response co-ordination centre said: ‘A British man aged 22 has been taken to the Our Lady of Candelaria University Hospital.
‘He had a serious stomach stab wound when he was assisted at the scene.
‘We received a 999 call just before 6.30am this morning requesting assistance for an injured man in a street called Avenida Antonio Dominguez Alfonso in the municipality of Arona.
‘The corresponding emergency response was activated.
‘Police are investigating.’
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