28 Apr, 2024 @ 12:11
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Horror in Barcelona: Body of man, 50, is found floating off the beach of Sitges, sparking police investigation

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THE body of a man has been found floating off the shores of Barcelona.

The 50-year-old was seen in the waters off the popular resort of Sitges on Saturday.

The Mossos d’Esquadra police force, which operates in the region of Catalunya, has opened an investigation.

According to news agency EFE, there are no obvious signs of violence on the body.

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Mossos D Esquadra Catalan Police

Investigators are not treating the death as a homicide.

The body was pulled out of the water by Sant Sebastia beach and sent for autopsy.

Detectives will probe whether his death was an accident. They have not ruled out suicide.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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