Two shot dead at popular Irish pub in Costa del Sol holiday resort
Two people have been shot dead at a seafront Irish bar in a holiday hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol.
A masked man is said to have entered Monaghans Fuengirola and killed his victims in front of tourists and expats enjoying a drink after the end of the Champions League final before fleeing in a getaway vehicle.
Some reports speak of two gunmen, although this has yet to be confirmed by police.
Despite police sources initially describing the two men killed as Irish, Spain’s National Police subsequently confirmed both were Scottish.
The government’s sub-delegate in Malaga, Javier Salas, said the first victim was shot in the chest and the second in the chest and abdomen.
They are understood to have been shot near the entrance door by the masked gunman, who got out of a car that screeched to a halt outside the bar before fleeing in the same vehicle driven by an accomplice.
One of the men killed was aged 41, said a police source, while the age of the other person who died is not yet clear.
A spokesman for the National Police in Malaga said this morning: ‘Around midnight an incident with firearms occurred in Fuengirola, specifically at an entertainment venue along the seafront.
‘Two males died as a result from gunshot wounds. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made so far.’
Pictures from the scene of last night’s shooting, which occurred around 11.30pm, show a man lying on his back in shorts and a T-shirt by a menu blackboard on an outside terrace at the bar.
In other images police and paramedics can be seen surrounding the body of one of the victims, thought to be the same man, after he was covered by a blanket as shocked locals and holidaymakers looked on.
There are no reports yet of any arrests, although police set up roadblocks in the area after the shooting to try to catch those responsible.
Unconfirmed local reports are pointing to the crime being a possible gang-related shooting because of the way it was executed.
The latest murders follow the fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda.
He was killed around 8pm on April 21 in a professional hit as he headed back to his car after finishing a football match with friends.
The killers fled in a getaway car that was later torched. Police are investigating the incident as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests.
The victim has not been named but was known to come from Liverpool.
Reports at the time described the incident as the fourth shooting so far that month on the Costa del Sol, where rival gangs have increasingly used extreme violence to settle scores and a number of international mafias are known to have a base.
Four days before the Calahonda shooting a 34-year-old man was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being shot outside a nightclub in the famous Costa del Sol resort.
National Police are investigating the latest attack.
Monaghans Fuengirola describes itself online as a ‘family friendly sports bar and restaurant located in Torreblanca, Fuengirola opposite one of the area’s most popular beaches’.
Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre, one of the top destinations for Brits visiting Spain.
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