Two men have been arrested by Arrecife Local Police following a violent domestic-related altercation in which both allegedly threatened each other with knives.
The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon after witnesses alerted police to a domestic dispute. Officers were dispatched from the Local Police Headquarters and arrived to find that the two men had already left the scene.
According to witnesses, both men brandished knives and repeatedly made threatening gestures as though they were about to attack one another. A woman present at the scene reportedly tried to intervene and calm the situation.
Witnesses gave officers detailed descriptions of the knives, as well as the suspects. They also reported that one of the men fled in a van driven by another individual, while the other left on foot.
Police launched a search of the area and quickly located one of the suspects. During a security search, officers found a knife concealed on his ankle. According to police, the man admitted that the witnesses’ account of the incident was accurate.
Based on witness statements, the recovered weapon and the men’s own admissions, officers arrested both suspects on suspicion of making serious threats with knives.
The investigation found that the confrontation stemmed from an ongoing family dispute involving one suspect’s ex-partner and daughter. Police said the ex-partner had begun a relationship with the other man, leading to the confrontation.
One of the detainees was taken to a health centre for a medical assessment before both men were transferred to the National Police Station in Arrecife at around 9:00pm. As neither suspect was carrying identification, they verbally provided their identities before being placed at the disposal of the judicial authorities.
Police credited the prompt response of officers and the quick actions of witnesses in contacting the emergency services with preventing the incident from escalating into a potentially fatal attack.
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