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Tenerife cave: Son leads police to bodies of mother and brother | Tenerife cave: Son leads police to bodies of mother and brother |
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Spanish police have found the bodies of a German woman and her 10-year-old son in a cave on the island of Tenerife and have arrested the boy's father. | Spanish police have found the bodies of a German woman and her 10-year-old son in a cave on the island of Tenerife and have arrested the boy's father. |
Spanish media say the couple's other son, aged five, had been wandering in the mountains near Adeje, muddy and crying. Some locals who found him alerted police on Tuesday. | Spanish media say the couple's other son, aged five, had been wandering in the mountains near Adeje, muddy and crying. Some locals who found him alerted police on Tuesday. |
The search was difficult as the area has many caves. The German father was arrested at his apartment. | The search was difficult as the area has many caves. The German father was arrested at his apartment. |
The victims appear to have been beaten. | The victims appear to have been beaten. |
Officials are treating it as a case of domestic violence. The father is reported to be resident in Tenerife's Adeje district. The Canary Islands are especially popular with German and UK tourists. | Officials are treating it as a case of domestic violence. The father is reported to be resident in Tenerife's Adeje district. The Canary Islands are especially popular with German and UK tourists. |
Sources quoted by Spain's El País daily say the mother had arrived on Tenerife with the boys on Monday to visit the father. | Sources quoted by Spain's El País daily say the mother had arrived on Tenerife with the boys on Monday to visit the father. |
El País says the cave was found after a long search in mountain mist - the clue was a wristwatch found by a path. | |
The paper quotes sources as saying the father was aggressive and refused to give police any information about his wife and sons. |