Last year, I lived in Fuengirola for about 8 months. No problems...small town with lots of foreigners and a bit hard to stay in spanish due to too much english around. This year, the murders started to happen. The first, a swedish homeless guy. It was about 15 minutes walking away from my home. It happened at 4am on a Saturday night in December. Someone killed him while he was sleeping. He was innocent! He was killed with an axe to his head. My friend, Nuria told me about it and how she talked to him for 3 months now everyday. She told me how innocent and sweet he was. Surely, she told me, he wasn´t killed for anything he did.
The second, a month later almost to the day in January. About 20 minutes from my house, another was killed with an axe to the head to a homeless while sleeping AGAIN! It happened around 3am. Do we have an axe murderer in small town Fuengirola? How could anyone do this...well, I asked around and found out some interesting news. Under 18 years old, a person who kills or breaks the law usually goes to a correctional home for a year or two and then is placed right back on the street! With help from the government...a stipend to get on their feet again. I dont understand this and it made me so mad when I heard about the laws here. I thought for sure....a kid is doing this because the punishment is nothing! The culprit has not been caught yet.
The third, last night! Not even 2 minutes from my apt, at 830pm...different situation. I passed the scene of the crime just one hour before it happened. A 20 year old morrocan male came upon a 17 year old spanish male and asked for 5 euros. The spaniard said no and tried to pass him. There was a ramp that heads down to a tow place and somehow the morrocan surrounded the spaniard and the spaniard had nothing to do but defend himself which he did. As they fought, the spaniard was obviously stronger so the morrocan pulled out a knife. He stabbed him in the back first, slowing him down to try to get away, then a stab to his chest followed by slitting his wrist. The ambulance didn´t come quick enough and a neighbor who saw it, took him in car to the hospital where he later died.
The fact that it was right by my house scares me. The fact that I almost came across it all makes me feel aweful. As a nurse, I feel I could have helped if I was there which I almost was. And he goes to the school next to mine, a senior, ready to start his life. My friends that work there probably know him. Knowing, this kid who did get caught for killing the spaniard will probably not get a very tough punishment makes me ill. I don´t feel safe in this town anymore.
my Tracy!
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