AN expatriate mum has stabbed her disabled daughter to death and attempted suicide, Murcia police report.

The woman is believed to have killed the girl, aged 30, who suffers from learning difficulties before taking an overdose of barbiturates sometime around lunchtime yesterday.

She was taken to accident and emergency in the city’s Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital.

Emergency services sent out the fire brigade to the house on Avenida de la Fama, in the city centre, to rescue a pitt bull terrier who was left alone in the building.

The municipal zoo is currently taking care of the dog.