But no accident? 20-year-old holidaymaker probably murdered in Mallorca

2023-10-27 14:53:00

In October 2022, a 20-year-old vacationer was found dead on the road of a motorway near Palma Airport after a party at Ballermann, where there was a lot of alcohol.

Initially it was assumed that the young man was drunk and wandering around looking for his hotel and ended up on the highway and lay down there. He was hit by a car and killed.

The driver claimed at the time that she had seen the man lying on the road but was unable to brake in time. The Spanish police are now convinced that the man had previously been pushed out of a white van. A murder investigation was launched.

Two suspects (36, 44) caught

As the Mallorcan criminal police said in a press conference on Friday, around 100,000 vehicles in question had been checked. Two suspicious men have now been caught.

One of the suspects was arrested this week in Málaga, the other a day later in Palma. The two Spaniards are 36 and 44 years old, it was said. They are said to have planned to rob the German holidaymaker in the car. He is said to have fought back, but had no chance.