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Octogenarian shoots himself in the head to avoid being evicted from Torremolinos home

According to sources cited by EFE, the man had been unable to keep up with his mortgage payments, and the property had been auctioned off to cover the debt.

Laurence Dollimore
Torremolinos promenade (©theSpanishEye)
An man in his 80s shot himself in the head on Tuesday morning in Torremolinos as a court eviction team arrived to repossess his home following a mortgage foreclosure. The incident took place at a property near the entrance to the town, in the area

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ByLaurence Dollimore
Laurence Dollimore has been covering news in Spain for almost a decade. The London-born expat is NCTJ-trained and has a Gold Star Diploma in Multimedia Journalism from the prestigious News Associates. Laurence has reported from Spain for some of the UK's biggest titles, including MailOnline, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Sun and the Sun Online. He also has a Master's Degree in International Relations from Queen Mary University London.
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