A woman was seriously injured and remains in a coma after being brutally attacked by a man at a gym in calle Máximo Aguirre, Bilbao.
The assailant drove the woman, against her will, to the gym where he carried out a brutal attack. The incident occurred at around 15:40 on Sunday.
Police officers had to break down the door where the woman had been held and beaten and found her unconscious on the floor. She had to be resuscitated before being taken to Basurto hospital.
Police have arrested the alleged assailant, a 47 year-old man and are now trying to establish exactly what happened and why.