Woman beheaded in Tenerife attack

ARONA - A British woman was decapitated in a supermarket on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife yesterday by a man who then…

ARONA - A British woman was decapitated in a supermarket on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife yesterday by a man who then fled into the street grasping her head, local emergency services said.

The mayor of the town of Arona, quoted by Spanish media, said the man, who was arrested as he tried to escape, was a Bulgarian with a history of mental illness. Media reports described the victim as a British woman in her 60s. - (Reuters)