Double murder in Manacor: Man kills his mother and brother

Early this morning, neighbours in the area alerted emergency crews that a fire had broken out in the house. Firefighters quickly arrived on scene and began to put out the blaze.They then found a body and the presumed perpetrator 'out of his mind'. Police presence was requested.

Within minutes, a patrol of the Manacor Local Police arrived at the scene and located the body of a person outside. After cordoning off and marking a security perimeter, they awaited the arrival of their colleagues from the National Police, who took charge of the investigation and found the second body. Very quickly, agents from the Homicide Group, the Scientific Police and agents from the Manacor National Police began investigations.

In the absence of official confirmation, everything suggests that one of the brothers killed the other and his mother. Shortly afterwards, he set fire to the house. The family is a Mallorcan family who lived together and the arrested man suffers from psychiatric problems. A patrol has taken the detainee to the psychiatric ward in Manacor hospital.