16 Sep, 2024 @ 15:31
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Body of ‘foreign’ man, 49, is found floating in the sea off popular beauty spot in Spain’s Andalucia

Nijar
NIjar in Almeria

A BODY has been found floating in the sea off a beauty spot in southern Spain.

The corpse, described by police as belonging to a 49-year-old ‘foreign’ man, was spotted by a passerby in Nijar (pictured above), Almeria on Sunday.

The horror discovery was made at around 5pm, according to the 112 emergency service.

The body was seen in the water between the popular beaches of Los Genoveses and Cala del Barronal.

The area is a popular beauty spot known as Cala Principe.

The witness who called in to report the body said the area where he was floating was difficult to access.

The Guardia Civil, Policia Local and Maritime Rescue service were all called to the scene.

An investigation has been opened to identify the man.

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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