The National Police have arrested a man as the alleged perpetrator of the fatal stabbing of a 54-year-old man after a fight broke out in a house in Puente de Vallecas, the Higher Headquarters reported in a statement.

The victim received three stab wounds -two in the abdomen, one in the face- inside a house on Calle Salvador Martínez Lozano, 29.

The events took place around 6:30 a.m. this Sunday, when the policemen were informed by the neighbors that a fight was taking place between two people.

The health services, accompanied by a police patrol, found the lifeless body of the victim. And the Security Forces immediately proceeded to arrest the alleged perpetrator.

Group V of Homicide of the Provincial Brigade of the Judicial Police of the Superior Police Headquarters of Madrid has taken charge of the investigation.