Crime/Incidents news & information for Catalonia

A FRESH warning about the dangers of playing near railway lines has been issued after a 14-year-old boy was electrocuted at a Tarragona province station.

THOUSANDS of ducks on a Costa Brava farm will have to be put to sleep now Spain's first outbreak of bird 'flu in the open air has been detected.

A SWEDE who caused terror in Barcelona after stealing a gas bottle delivery lorry and running amok through the streets had just spent €20,000 on drugs, alcohol and prostitutes, police say.

A STOLEN gas bottle delivery lorry travelling down the wrong side of the road at high speed, shedding its cargo on the highway caused panic in Barcelona this morning and police had to open fire to stop the driver.

A BARCELONA woman in her 30s who had sexual relations with a boy of 12 has been acquitted of child abuse charges because she 'did not realise he was underage'.

A FIRE in a Barcelona restaurant forced emergency services to evacuate the MAPFRE Tower, one of the city's largest skyscrapers and home to the head office of the insurance company of the same name.

TWO Vietnamese teenagers spent four days living in Barcelona's El Prat airport and have been taken into foster care, authorities have revealed this week.

A DOUBLE murder in the province of Lleida after two forestry brigadiers asked a hunter to show his gun licence has sparked debate about whether firearms possession should be restricted.

A RUSSIAN hacker wanted by the USA and arrested in Barcelona is due to be transferred to a prison in Madrid today to await extradition proceedings.

A DUTCH Jihad recruit linked to the terror organisation DAESH has been arrested on the Costa Brava.

THE parents of an 11-year-old girl with a degenerative disease who are under investigation for alleged fraud in an appeal fund may also face charges of child porn, according to latest news.

BUS stop advertising bosses are investigating a poster which seems to promote paedophilia that has been pinned up in Barcelona.