{"id":4114,"date":"2026-05-31T09:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/british-man-37-dead-after-tenerife-party-strip-brawl-as-another-23-locked-up\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:46:17","slug":"british-man-37-dead-after-tenerife-party-strip-brawl-as-another-23-locked-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/british-man-37-dead-after-tenerife-party-strip-brawl-as-another-23-locked-up\/","title":{"rendered":"British man, 37, dead after Tenerife party strip &#8216;brawl&#8217; as another, 23, locked up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_d097ad\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">A British man is being held in Tenerife with a homicide probe launched by local police<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37227729\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The alleged attack happened in the heart of Playa de las Americas\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37227729.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Playa-de-las-Americas-beach-Tenerifejpge.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37227729.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Playa-de-las-Americas-beach-Tenerifejpge.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37227729.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Playa-de-las-Americas-beach-Tenerifejpge.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37227729.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Playa-de-las-Americas-beach-Tenerifejpge.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The alleged attack happened in the heart of Playa de las Americas\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The alleged attack happened in the heart of Playa de las Americas<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A British man, 23, is being held<a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/tenerife\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> in Tenerife <\/a>after he was accused of killing another in what was reportedly a brawl on a well-known party strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The man, 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The victim, a 37-year-old Brit who has not been named, died in the early hours of Thursday morning following the reported clash in popular nightlife spot Las Veronicas in the heart of <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/brit-tourist-dead-tenerife-apartment-37084597\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Playa de las Americas<\/a> in the south of the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This means he has been placed under official investigation as part of an ongoing court-led homicide inquiry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A court official said: &#8220;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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;After taking a statement, the magistrate ordered the suspect&#8217;s provisional detention, without bail, while he continues to investigate him for the crime of homicide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" 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