Rifle Man Slaughters 4 in Spain

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MADRID, SPAIN (GaeaTimes.com) — On Wednesday, a person carrying a rifle slaughtered four people in the town of La Canya, situated in the northeastern Spanish province of Gerona.

According to Catalan regional police, the culprit open fired in a bar at around 7 a.m. where a father and his son was killed while doing construction work. Later, the suspect drove to a bank in the neighboring town of Olot and killed the branch manager and a female employee. Close sources has reported that the culprit was seeking revenge over a financial matter.

Although police had started a search for the culprit after the initial shooting at La Canya, they could arrest him only after the second killings at Olot. Information about the getaway vehicle and a description of the suspect provided by eyewitnesses led to the arrest.