local policeman in the Valencia town of Bétara has shot dead a colleague and then shot himself in the head.

local policeman in the Valencia town of Bétara has shot dead a colleague and then shot himself in the head.

The colleague died from his wounds, but the shooter has survived and is now in a ‘very serious’ condition in the La Fe Hospital in Valencia.

It happened at the end of the night shift at 6am on Saturday in the police station changing rooms, and a statement from the Government Delegation Office indicated that the motive for the attack is unclear, although there is speculation of a passionate motive.