Tourist, 37, dead after Tenerife after party strip 'brawl' as cops arrest man

A 37-year-old man has died while partying in the popular holiday destination following an alleged fight with another tourist. On Thursday, emergency services were called out to the strip in Las Veronicas in the heart of the Playa de las Americas, south of Tenerife . A 23-year-old man has since been arrested on suspicion of homicide after he was accused of killing another British man in a 'brawl'. The accused, who would not be named under Spanish law unless he is tried in public, has been told he is being remanded to a local jail as part of an ongoing homicide probe, reports The Mirror.

The victim died in the early hours of Thursday morning following the reported clash. The 23-year-old has now gone before a judge in a court hearing which took place behind closed doors, as is normal in Spain where only trials are held in public. He has not been formally charged which is usual in Spain where charges are only laid shortly before trial following a lengthy criminal probe by a judge. This means he has been placed under official investigation as part of an ongoing court-led homicide inquiry.

A court official said: "The person arrested in connection with the death of a man in the early hours of Thursday in Las Americas, Tenerife, appeared before the Duty Court of the Investigating Division of the Court of First Instance of Arona yesterday. "After taking a statement, the magistrate ordered the suspect's provisional detention, without bail, while he continues to investigate him for the crime of homicide." A secrecy order is understood to have been placed over the case by the investigating judge, a tool commonly used in Spain to protect judicial probes especially in their infancy, which limits the amount of information civil servants can give out.

Police on the island have confirmed the nationalities of both the arrested man and the holidaymaker who died.