Brit tourist, 30, is stabbed to death outside Spanish nightclub ‘after row with other foreigners’

A British tourist has been stabbed to death outside a nightclub in Spain, according to police.

The man, 30, was killed outside the Oxygen nightclub in the holiday resort town of Calella, around 30 miles from Barcelona. 

Local media reports that the holidaymaker died at the scene around 5am on Friday.

It is believed that he was stabbed during a row with another group of foreigners outside the club.

Another person was reportedly injured in the brawl and rushed to hospital. Their condition is not known.

Cops have launched an investigation and no arrests have been made so far, news site El Caso reports.

A general view of the Oxygen nightclub in Calella where the stabbing took place

Calella police said: ‘This morning there was a fight in a nightclub in the city.

‘The result of the incident is one dead and one injured, who has been taken to a hospital. The attack was by knife.’

Detectives have been scouring CCTV footage and speaking to people who were at the club as they work to hunt down the attackers. 

Catalonia’s police force, Mossos d’Esquadra, is leading the investigation.

Pictures show an ambulance at the scene and the area cordoned off this morning. 

Local reports say there is a ‘significant police presence’ in the area today.

The Foreign Office has been contacted for comment. 

File image shows view of a beach in the town of Calella de Palafrugell on the Costa Brava in Spain