A Irish woman has been seriously injured in a shooting on the Canary Islands.
Michelle Massey, from Co Limerick, is in a serious condition in hospital following the incident on Lanzarote.
The incident took place in Tinajo, the main administrative village of the north of Lanzarote.
A Spanish man has been arrested but remains in hospital after he too was shot, Las Palmas police said.
The local
La Voznewspaper reported that the 45-year-old man shot the woman before turning the gun on himself. He suffered serious facial injuries.
Both were originally treated at a hospital in Arrecife, but because of the severity of their injuries, they were later transferred to Doctor Negrin hospital in Gran Canaria.
A Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman confirmed the Government was offering consular assistance to the injured woman.
Ms Massey, who has a six-month-old son, is originally from Moyross in Limerick city. She moved to the Canaries in 2006 and had been working in a bar in the Puerto del Carmen resort.
Additional reporting: PA