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A British man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his father in a Spanish holiday campsite, in what police are calling an act of ‘domestic violence’.

The 45-year-old was arrested in L’Estartit, a coastal town in Costa Brava, after reportedly attacking his father in the early hours of this morning.

A security guard at the Castell Montgri campsite alerted the emergency services, who arrived to find the man’s father unconscious on the ground next to a pool of blood.

Local media has said the 69-year-old victim was taken to Josep Trueta hospital in Girona with severe head wounds, but doctors were unable to save him and he later died

A murder investigation has been launched by Catalan police.

A police spokesman said: ‘The incident took place this morning at around 1.45 in a camping site in L’Estartit when the arrested man is believed to have attacked his father.

‘The victim was taken by emergency services to hospital to be attended for the wounds he suffered, while local police in Torroella de Montgri arrested the alleged perpetrator for domestic violence.’

It is thought no weapons were used in the attack. Police have yet to name the deceased or his son.

The picturesque fishing village of L’Estartit is a popular holiday resort with many hotels, apartment blocks and campsites.

Castell Montgri’s website says the camp, which is at the entrance to the village, offers a ‘beautiful natural setting’ and ‘stunning sandy beaches’

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[Victim was found lying in a pool of blood
with severe head injuries, and died in hospital
Local sources name dead man
as Douglas Bennet, 69
Arrested man is named in Spain as victim's son,
Ian Bennet, 45
Attack happened in resort of L'Estartit,
Costa Brava, on north-east coast]

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