ARCHIVED - Young Scottish tourist left fighting for his life after being stabbed in the neck in Benidorm, Spain
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The 20-year-old Brit was stabbed multiple times at a bar in the Marina Baixa coastal resort in Alicante province
A young Scottish holidaymaker was left fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed in the neck several times during a horrific incident at the Broadway Cabaret bar in Benidorm, the Costa Blanca's most popular tourist resort.
Samuel McNicholl from Paisley, Renfrewshire, was reportedly holidaying with friends when he got into an argument with a member of staff at the bar on Saturday October 1 that turned violent.
Onlookers have revealed how they looked on in shock as the young man, an avid Rangers fan, clutched onto his neck whilst covered in blood.
Emergency services were called and an off-duty nurse who was also on vacation looked after Samuel until an ambulance arrived and he was rushed to a nearby hospital for surgery. It's believed he's still in hospital recovering.
One horrified holidaymaker, Donna Louise Burnett, wrote on Facebook on Sunday: "A man had his throat slashed in Broadway bar last night, I don't personally know him nor does my friend. My friend has been left completely traumatised by it all as he had spoken to the gentleman who it happened to only ten minutes before this happened.
"We were there as it happened, we just saw him with his hands at his neck, and blood going everywhere.
"One of my mates is first-aid trained and immediately went to try and help him, along with a nurse, another friend rang an ambulance and myself and the fourth in the group just did what we could to crowd control.
"We don't know what happened prior to the incident or how it happened – just saw the blood and went to help. Police probably took 5-10 mins to get there, at which point we were all told to stand back and police went aggressive crowd control with anyone who didn't comply – the nurse who was helping was allowed to stay, but anyone else was pushed back.
"Ambulance another 5-10 mins after that. Once the ambulance left we didn't know what had happened."
Tabatha Neale, the nurse who helped Samuel, wrote: "Me and my friend were the two nurses that were helping him. He survived and is recovering in hospital." A police investigation is underway but no other information has been released.
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