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Deceased in Ibiza shack fire is a 49-year-old Romanian man

The investigation is still considering the hypothesis that the fire was intentional.

The Policía Nacional is still investigating the shack fire last Saturday in the area of sa Joveria, in the outskirts of Ibiza, in which a homeless person died. At first it was believed that it was a well-known homeless man born in Barcelona, it has now transpired that the dead man is a 49-year-old Romanian , Cristinel I., who lived in the shack destroyed by the flames.

The two police officers who arrived at the scene found a man engulfed in flames outside the burned house. As Diario de Ibiza already published, the victim was still alive and in addition to calling for help, he told the agents: “They have come for me, they have come to kill me.”

This statement and the fact that a witness stated that he saw several people fleeing the area shortly after the flames started, support the suspicions of the investigators that it was a homicide.

In any case, sources close to the investigation do not rule out that the people this witness saw running away also fled from the flames .

“It is very likely” that the fire was arson, insist the same sources.

Forensic police officers were able to take samples of the victim’s fingerprints despite the fact that he had third-degree burns to over 90 percent of his body.

Thanks to these tests, forensic experts were able to identify the deceased on Monday, barely a day and a half after the events took place.

For the full article, please visit Diario de Ibiza website here.

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