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Three members of a British family have been found dead in a Spanish apartment, police have said. Three members of a British family have been found dead – reportedly from gunshot wounds – in an apartment in a popular holiday resort on the Costa del Sol, Spanish police have said.
The Foreign Office is investigating claims that they had been shot dead. The three were discovered inside a property in Mijas, near Fuengirola. A Guardia Civil spokeswoman confirmed that the family were British and that they had rented the property.
The three were discovered inside a property in the popular holiday resort of Mijas, Fuengirola, on the Costa del Sol. The Guardia Civil in Madrid said: "We have found three deceased and we are almost sure they are British. We are waiting for information from the judicial police at the scene. We are led to believe there were two adults and one younger person."
A Guardia Civil spokeswoman confirmed that the family were British and that they rented the property where they were found dead. The Spanish news website diariosur reported that the three people – two parents and their daughter aged about 20 – could have been shot dead. According to the newspaper El País the mother and her daughter both had disabilities.
The Guardia Civil in Madrid said: "We have found three deceased and we are almost sure they are British. The Guardia Civil in Madrid said that the owner entered a property in Torrenueva, in the municipality of Mijas, near Málaga, at 12.30pm on Wednesday after not hearing from his British tenants. They had not been answering the phone and were in arrears with their rent. He found the body of a man with a gunshot wound on the living room sofa and called the police.
"We are waiting for information from the judicial police at the scene. The Guardia Civil added that the bodies of the man's partner and daughter had also been found dead from gunshot wounds in a bedroom.
"We are led to believe there were two adults and one younger person." "The first possibility that is being pursued is that the man killed the woman and child, and afterwards killed himself, although that will have to be investigated," the Guardia Civil said.
The Spanish news website diariosur reported that it was believed the three – two parents and their daughter aged about 20 – could have been shot dead. According to El País the wife was physically disabled and the daughter suffered from Down's syndrome.
The Guardia Civil in Madrid said that the owner entered a property in Torrenueva, in the municipality of Mijas, near Málaga, at 12.30pm on Wednesday after not hearing from his British tenants, who had not been answering the phone and were in arrears with their rent. He found the body of a man with a gunshot wound on the living room sofa, and called the police.
The Guardia Civil added that the man's partner and daughter had been found, also dead from gunshot wounds, in a bedroom.
"The first possibility that is being pursued is that the man killed the woman and child, and afterwards committed suicide, although that will have to be investigated," they said.
They could not give the names of those found, and said British authorities would need to confirm both their identities and nationality, although the owner understood them to be British.They could not give the names of those found, and said British authorities would need to confirm both their identities and nationality, although the owner understood them to be British.
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