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Teenage murder in La Florida raises wider community issues
The 17-year-old ex-partner of the 15-year-old girl who died in Orihuela after suffering several wounds to the neck caused by a knife, has denied responsibility for the crime, despite being arrested by the Guardia Civil. The incident took place in la Florida, Orihuela Costa, where a Spanish teenager, named as Cloe, was taken to Torrevieja Hospital with stab wounds where
she unfortunately died. It is believed that after the attack she managed to stumble 200 metres through the streets to her brother’s house in Calle Venus. The Civil Guard became aware of the events at around 9.10pm last Sunday and a few hours later, at 11.30pm, they arrested the victim’s ex-partner at his home in Los Balcones, for an alleged crime of
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murder. It has been claimed that Cloe and her on-off boyfriend had a toxic relationship and that he has several reports for drugs and truancy. The whole incident has thrown a spotlight on the school they both attended, IES Playa Flamenca, which is appearing as a breeding ground for drugs, violence, truancy and general anti-social behaviours that are spilling out into the wider local community. Even the AMPA at the school talks of a ´lack of control´. With around a thousand students the school has become, according to the educational community, a hot bed for crime. Fights, harassment, assaults, abuse, alcohol comas, drugs, absenteeism and weapons are some of the problems cited by AMPA. The problem, which they say has been going on for a long time, has led to a meeting this year at the Coastal Emergency Centre between the educational communities of the
IES and the two coastal schools, the councillors for Education, the Coast and Citizen Security, the Local Police - with the gender violence and absenteeism units - and the Civil Guard. They say parents register their children ‘with fear and resignation’ as this is the only secondary school in the area. Community fear The tragedy has also highlighted
issues faced by the residents in la Florida, where the neighbours explain that have asked for more street lighting in this residential area on several occasions because of gloomy streets. After 6pm they are afraid to walk or take the dog for a walk due to poor lighting. They say at least half the street lamps don´t work and fear that this helps feed crime and anti-social behaviours. They are calling for the councillor for the Coast, Manuel Mestre, to fix the lighting and also take control of the use of abandoned houses and apartments by squatters and gang of youths and drug users. The recent murder has only heightened the feelings of fear and insecurity in the area.