He was held in the cells at the National Police headquarters. | Photo: Juan P. Martínez
Andrew EdePalma18/10/2026 08:48
A 61-year-old retired school teacher has been arrested by the National Police in connection with the stabbing of his partner, a 57-year-old Ukrainian woman, in Palma on Friday night.
The incident occurred shortly before 10pm at a property on C. Arxiduc Lluís Salvador. A man called the police 092 emergency line, saying he had taken his partner’s life after stabbing her multiple times. He also called an ex-partner to tell her the same thing - that he had killed his girlfriend. Patrols from the Palma and National Police and ambulances from the 061 emergency service went to the scene. They discovered the man and the woman; she was covered in blood.
There had been a heated argument. The man stabbed the woman in the abdomen, believing he had killed her. Despite significant blood loss, medics were able to stabilise her at the scene before rushing her to Son Espases Hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery.
The man was arrested and taken to the holding cells at the National Police headquarters. Owners of bars in the area say the man can become very violent when he has been drinking and that he has caused various incidents in the past.
He is said to have a previous record for domestic abuse involving a former partner. However, there was no such history with the victim of the stabbing, with whom he has been in a relationship for a couple of months.