They arrested a couple who had strangled and burned a man who lived on the street.

After an exhaustive investigation, the National Police of Spain arrested two people for the crime of a man in street situation. The couple was accused of having strangled and burned to the victim, 61 years old.

According to the police, the murder took place in the tourist town of Playa del Ingés, south of Gran Canaria. The perpetrators persecuted the homeless, who He used a wheelchair because his legs had been amputatedto a clearing and there they killed him.

The investigators confirmed that there was sufficient evidence to indicate these two suspects: a 43-year-old Spanish citizen with a criminal record and a 50-year-old Irish national.

The national police said the two accused lived close to the crime scene. Through a raid on his house, the agents found the clothes that they had dressed on the day of the murder.

Now the judge is studying the reasons that triggered this tragedy. The local newspaper Province noted that it could have been a revenge, since the victim had stabbed one of his badailants in 2017. And since then, they were undergoing judicial proceedings.