Spain probes Orio deadly blast

Published May 17th, 2023 - 06:36 GMT
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Members of the Catalan regional police forces. (AFP)

ALBAWABA - Spanish authorities opened an investigation into the deadly blast that killed two people in the northern Spanish town of Orio.

A man and a woman were killed in the blast which the Spanish government said to be likely a “potential case of domestic violence.”

Bodies were discovered next to a children's playground.

The blast took place on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. local time (1730 GMT) in the Guipuzcoan municipality of Orio, according to the Basque Department of Security cited by local newspaper Noticias de Gipuzkoa.

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