Overview
- Police and agency reports say the incident occurred around midday Sunday at the Calle Méndez Núñez street market in Fuengirola.
- The girl was with her father, who works at a stall, when relatives noticed a man trying to take her.
- Bystanders restrained the individual until Policía Local officers—already patrolling the bazaar—reached the scene and made the arrest.
- Sources describe the suspect as about 45 years old and reported as a Finnish national, though no motive has been disclosed.
- Authorities placed the detainee at the disposal of judicial authorities and referred him to Policía Nacional for investigation, and the child was reported unharmed.