The British woman murdered and beheaded in Tenerife has been named this evening as Jennifer Mills-Westley who was in her 60s.
Her family paid tribute to her and said they were devastated by her death.
Her daughter Sarah said: "Mum retired a number of years ago and was fully enjoying her retirement travelling between Tenerife and France where she spent time visiting her daughter and grandchildren, and her other daughter in Norfolk.
"She was full of life, generous of heart, would do anything for anyone," she said.
The suspect has been named as Deyan Valentinov, who is believed to be a homeless
a 28-year-old Bulgarian man with a history of mental illness.
Witnesses said Valentinov walked up to Ms Mills-Westley in a Chinese store in the Los Cristianos district yesterday morning, pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the neck.
"I heard screaming and looked behind and saw a scruffy, unkempt man of about mid-twenties holding a head by the hair," said Colin Kirby of Tenerife Magazine.
"I thought at first it was a sick joke stunt, the man was muttering and shouting and more people started screaming."
The attacker was eventually tackled by security guards and passers-by.
A witness told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser he had just parked his car when he saw a man running down the street holding a woman's head in his hand, covered in blood.
Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands off the north west coast of Africa, is a popular destination for British holidaymakers and retirees.
Agencies