A FOOT has been found on a popular beach in Ibiza by horrified tourists.
Cops rushed to the scene after a beachgoer walking on the sand in the resort town of Playa d’en Bossa made the gruesome discovery.
SolarpixThe foot was found on a beach in Playa d’en Bossa[/caption]
SolarpixAuthorities rushed to the beach after the gruesome discovery[/caption]
Footage published by the local press showed police on the shoreline after an emergency call was made.
Authorities ended up having to block off the street above the beach after tourists and locals began gathering at the scene.
Some were staying at the four-star Vibra Algarb Hotel near the spot where the foot was found, and others were on their way to a nearby gym.
Cops are trying to establish whether the foot belongs to a man or a woman.
They are currently investigating whether the person died as a result of a violent crime.
Three days earlier, a decomposed body was recovered from the sea near Ibiza Town and brought to shore by coastguards.
There was no immediate suggestion this morning that the foot could belong to the dead person.
Local newspapers are already speculating that the person the foot belongs to could have been murdered.
Though police have yet to determine when the death occurred, and whether the victim was already reported missing.
The horror find is also being linked to storms and recent freak flooding, said to have washed the foot up on the sand.
Ibiza was battered by torrential rain last week and there were fresh downpours this week after Storm Alice hit the Balearic Islands and the Costa Blanca.
One said: “The incident has caused great commotion among residents and tourists who were walking along the beach at the time.
“The authorities are not ruling out any hypotheses and are continuing to work to clarify the facts.”
It comes after a body was found during the search for a missing British tourist who disappeared from his Spanish hotel at the weekend.
Police say they have yet to formally establish the identity of a man found dead in the woods near the Costa Brava resort of Lloret de Mar.
SolarpixCops are trying to establish whether the foot belongs to a man or a woman.[/caption]