A court on Mallorca has remanded a 47-year-old Portuguese man in custody for the alleged murder of his Swiss mother-in-law. This was reported by the media on the Spanish Mediterranean island. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The man is accused of killing the 74-year-old in her house on Wednesday evening by punching and kicking her - allegedly because there was no more beer in the fridge. + Why more Swiss are choosing to live abroad The man has since been in police custody, as the island newspapers Mallorca Zeitung and Mallorca Magazin reported, citing judicial circles. The justice system in Mallorca did not initially respond to enquiries for more information. It is unclear whether the man has confessed to the crime. The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern only confirmed on Friday, in response to an enquiry from the Keystone-SDA news agency, "that a Swiss citizen was the victim of a homicide in Spain". The newspaper Última Hora reported ...
