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Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the limits of justice

by Giles Tremlet.

At 11.09 on the 14th of December 2021, a man wearing a black baseball cap and a long

ribbon wig rang the bell at the Securitas offices in the Spanish city of Tararona.

It was a poor disguise and when he entered the reception area on the first floor, staff quickly

recognised Marin El Gen Sabo, a burly 45-year-old security guard who had been on sick leave for the

previous six months.

Securitas is one of the world's biggest security companies with 345,000 employees worldwide

but this local office was nothing fancy.

Grey floor tiles, white laminated furniture, corporate advertising on the walls.

We help make your world a safer place, red one slogan.

In the cluttered main office, Luis Arrico, a 58-year-old junior manager with cropped silver hair

and green eyes, was printing out documents. She recognised Sabo's voice but was not alarmed

that he had dropped by unexpectedly. He sounded calm as he talked to a colleague in the reception

area. She did not know that he was carrying a pistol or that he planned to shoot her.

Over the next few minutes, Sabo's voice grew louder as an argument broke out.

When Rico opened a security door to see what was going on, Sabo was just a few feet from

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