The 36-year-old reportedly left his dad dead and put his mum in hospital with severe stab wounds.

22:07, Thu, Jan 22, 2026 Updated: 22:08, Thu, Jan 22, 2026

Colorful apartment buildings against a blue sky on Costa del Sol

The 36-year-old reportedly left his dad dead and put his mum in hospital (Image: Getty)

A horror murder-suicide has rocked a popular city on Thursday (January 22), where a man reportedly killed his father, stabbed his mother, before throwing himself off a rooftop terrace. The 36-year-old allegedly left his dad, 65, dead and his mum with severe stab wounds. He then reportedly climbed to the top of the property and jumped off. National Police have said the events occurred at around 8.50am local time, when a call was received about the death of two men.

It was also reported that a woman, the wife and mother of the deceased, respectively, had been taken to a hospital in serious condition. Police have since launched an investigation into what happened, with all evidence currently pointing towards the couple having been attacked by their son for reasons that remain unknown. 

Fuengirola city beach and port aerial panoramic view

The reported parricide occurred in a property near Boliches Avenue in Fuengirola (Image: Getty)

The reported parricide occurred in a property near Boliches Avenue in Fuengirola, a popular expat city and family-friendly resort town on Spain's Costa del Sol.

According to Europepress, a spokesperson for the National Police in Malaga explained that an alert came from a relative and neighbour who found the 65-year-old dead. The spokesperson added that "the motivation and the trigger are not currently known at this time" and that investigations from various police units "are working on it to try to clarify what happened". 

Once a fishing village, Fuengirola now blends traditional Spanish charm with modern amenities, offering water sports, shopping, dining, as well as easy access from Malaga Airport. 

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Spain is already reeling from a series of tragic railway incidents this week, including a crash that killed 46 near Adamuz (Image: Getty)

This reported parricide hits a country already reeling from a series of tragic railway incidents this week, including one of the deadliest disasters in Spain's modern history.

On January 18, a high-speed Iryo train travelling from Málaga to Madrid derailed on a straight, recently renovated section of track near Adamuz, Córdoba. Its rear carriages swung into the path of an oncoming Renfe Alvia train. The collision killed 46 people, including the driver, and injured nearly 300. Investigators are currently looking into a potential "faulty rail weld" as a cause. 

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Just two days later, tragedy struck the Catalonia region during Storm Harry. A Rodalies commuter train travelling near Gelida collided with a retaining wall that had collapsed onto the tracks following a landslide caused by heavy rainfall. The accident killed a 27-year-old trainee driver and injured 37 passengers. Following the crashes, the main train drivers' union has called a three-day nationwide strike from February 9 to 11 over safety standards.

"The serious accidents in Adamuz and Gelida, both with fatalities, are a turning point in demanding all necessary actions to guarantee the safety of railway operations," the train operators' union SEMAF said in a statement.