Manhunt

Masked man stabs boy (11) to death on soccer pitch

Horrific crime in Spain: An unknown masked man stabbed an eleven-year-old to death on a soccer pitch. The boy suffered a cardiac arrest.

The perpetrator suddenly appeared on the pitch in the small Spanish town of Mocejón near Toledo in the morning and stabbed the boy with a sharp object, the state TV station RTVE and several newspapers unanimously reported.

Resuscitation attempts unsuccessful
When paramedics arrived, the boy had already suffered a cardiac arrest and could not be resuscitated. A manhunt has been launched for the perpetrator, whose motive is still unknown.

The Prime Minister of the Spanish Autonomous Community of Castile and León, Emiliano García-Page, expressed his shock at the crime.

"I express my condolences and sympathy to the family of the minor and hope that the perpetrator will be found and brought to justice as soon as possible," he wrote on X.