The woman, who was described as being in her 60s, was in shop in the town of Arona, about 10 miles from the popular beach resort of Los Christianos, when she was brutally stabbed to and then decapitated.
According to witnesses, the attacker, who is thought to be a homeless man of Bulgarian origin, entered the store, grabbed a knife and launched a frenzied and unprovoked attack on the woman.
He then decapitated her before leaving the store carrying her head.

The security and the police had to hold people off - they were queuing up - they were trying basically to kick the hell out of the guy