A BRIT holidaymaker has plunged six floors from a Benidorm hotel balcony with cops arresting her husband for alleged attempted murder.
The 36-year-old woman is said to be in a critical condition at a hospital in Spain.
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The couple were staying at Rio Park Hotel, near the beachfront of the popular tourist hotspot.
According to authorities, the horrific incident happened just after midnight.
Police confirmed the 40-year-old husband has been held on suspicion of attempted homicide.
Cops said it was a “preventative measure” while they continued to probe the circumstances surrounding the hotel plunge.
A Spanish National Police spokesman said: “Officers have arrested a British man on suspicion of attempted homicide after his wife who is also British plunged from the sixth-floor balcony of their hotel in Benidorm.
“The arrest is a preventative measure and it will be up to a judge to decide what happens next after the man appears before him in the next day or so.
“The couple were sharing the same room and we are talking about a foreigner who has no ties to Spain so we are under an obligation to make the arrest as we try to determine what happened.”
The woman was rushed to Hospital Marina Baixa, near Benidorm, where she remains in critical condition after suffering multiple injuries.
The hotel where the incident happened is set in a quiet area of Benidorm, just five minutes walk from the famous Levante Beach.
It is unclear when the man being held in custody will appear in court but it is expected to be later today.
The hearing will be held in private as is normal in Spain where only trials are held in public.
A judge will decide whether he should be bailed pending an ongoing investigation or remanded in custody.
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