Tourist cheats death after homeless man randomly stabs her in back of neck

A tourist was stabbed in the neck by a homeless stranger who went "berserk" after being denied access to a toilet, in the this week.

The female holidaymaker in the horror attack as she strolled through the eastern city of Valencia with her boyfriend. Police revealed how the knifeman had jumped his victim from behind and left her covered in blood after plunging his bladed weapon into her soft tissue before fleeing the scene. The incident followed another stabbing earlier this week at Mallorca airport when in another random attack.

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The man suspected of the Valencia attack was arrested in the aftermath of the stabbing as police added he acted out after being denied access to a toilet. Confirming he slept rough, local police who assisted the victim after she was hurt and later detained the alleged knifeman, said: “At 10 o'clock on Wednesday, our control room received a call indicating that a woman was bleeding profusely from the neck and had apparently been assaulted by a passer-by in a street called Calle Conde Trenor.

“A neighbourhood police who was close to the scene went to the address indicated and assisted the victim, a 29 year old Italian, who had a cut on the back of her neck which was bleeding heavily. The wound was covered with a towel provided by a neighbour.

“Several locals were with the victim as well as her partner. The partner said a man had approached them from behind and had stabbed his girlfriend in the neck with a metal object before running away.

“He gave the officer a detailed description of the assailant. From the outset, the police officer suspected it could be someone well-known in the neighbourhood who usually spends the night in a sleeping bag in the old Turia riverbed and surrounding areas.

"On seeing the seriousness of the injury, the officer, together with a second back-up officer who had arrived, decided to put the victim in a patrol car and take her to hospital. The officer then returned to the area to try to locate the alleged assailant."

They went on to reveal the man they were looking for is thought to have "gone berserk" after being refused entry to a toilet. He was arrested in a nearby square around 3.30pm local time on Wednesday.

The force said: “The suspect also had traces of blood on his clothes. The victim’s partner recognised this person as the one who attacked them that same morning.”

Spain’s homelessness problem has made international headlines this week after it emerged . The homeless problem at holiday airports like Palma Airport in Majorca and Malaga Airport on the Costa del Sol has also come under scrutiny.

Police revealed after Tuesday’s stranger attack in Majorca the victim suffered a stab wound “a few centimetres” from the carotid artery in his neck. They said Carlos Heriberto Beltran Perdomo had no fixed abode after arresting him and finding the suspected attack weapon in his trouser pocket.