UPDATE 2-At least two dead, four injured in southern Spain shooting

Spanish ​police said on Tuesday ‌they had ​detained a 25-year-old man who allegedly killed his two parents and injured four others, ‌including his son, in a shooting overnight in the southern city of El Ejido, Almeria province. The four injured were hospitalised and in a ‌serious condition, the Guardia Civil force said in a statement.

Spanish ​police said on Tuesday ‌they had ​detained a 25-year-old man who allegedly killed his two parents and injured four others, ‌including his son, in a shooting overnight in the southern city of El Ejido, Almeria province.

The four injured were hospitalised and in a ‌serious condition, the Guardia Civil force said in a statement. ‌As well as the suspect's son, the injured included a man, a woman and another minor. The shooting was first reported after 11 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Monday, ⁠the statement ​said. Specialist ⁠units arrested the suspect at around 4 a.m. on Tuesday.

Police were investigating the ⁠motive for the shooting, which they said initially appeared to be domestic ​violence, as well as the origin of the firearm he ⁠used, as the suspect did not possess a gun licence. Shootings are relatively rare ⁠in ​Spain, where gun ownership is tightly regulated and firearms are less common than in other European countries. Spain recorded 53 ⁠firearm homicides in 2023, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs ⁠and Crime, ⁠or 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people - among the lowest rate in both Europe and the world.