Manchester Evening News reported that a 30-year-old man was arrested in Spain on suspicion of the murder of 19-year-old Aya Hachem on July 4.
The 30-year-old was arrested after a European Arrest Warrant was executed in the holiday resort of Fuengirola.
Prior to his arrest, the man first fled to Portugal using his brother’s passport, before hiding out on the Costa Del Sol with his girlfriend, Spanish police revealed.
Aya Hachem was shot and killed as she walked near Lidl Supermarket in Blackburn on May 17th.
The man is being held on suspicion of murder and the attempted murder of the man police believe was the target of the drive-by shooting that killed Hachem.
A spokesman for Spain’s National Police said on July 8 that, “Police have arrested a fugitive on foot of a European Arrest Warrant in Fuengirola.”
The spokesman added, “Further investigation led to the identification of the vehicle he was using, leading officers to trace the route he took through the South of Spain.”
The man is currently subject to the extradition process so he can be brought back to Lancashire and be charged with the offenses.