Employee has his hand chopped off during a robbery in Fuengirola

Surgeons were operating to try and reattach the hand on Tuesday

EFE archive

Police are investigating a savage attack on a member of staff during the course of a robbery in Fuengirola on Monday night, when an Argentinean waiter at a local pizzeria, the Pizzería Miramonte on Calle Fuensanta, had his hand chopped off at the wrist by a knife which was wielded by the robber.

The injured man is named by El Mundo newspaper as A.D.C., aged 29. He received initial medical treatment at the Carlos Haya Hospital in Málaga and was then transferred to the Virgen del Rocío in Sevilla, where surgeons have operated on Tuesday to try and reattach his severed hand.

A 14 hour operation has allowed the hand to be re-implanted, but 48 hours have to pass before doctors know whether the procedure has been a success.

There has been no confirmation as yet of any arrests in the case, or if any cash was stolen from pizzeria.

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