Police update after two men shot dead outside costa del sol bar

THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY NIGHT NICK FORBES, PA SCOTLAND and DAN HAYGARTH Liverpool Daily Post Editor and Regeneration Reporter 21:04, 03 Jun 2025 Police have issued an update after

two men were shot dead outside an Irish bar on the Costa Del Sol. The two men, understood to be Scots Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan, died after a gunman opened fire outside Monaghans

Bar in Fuengirola, Malaga on Saturday. The attack took place at around 11pm, when a car pulled up outside the bar and a masked man got out before opening fire on the two as they stood

outside the venue. The gunman then fled in the car, with both men dying at the scene. However, there is "no intelligence" to suggest the deaths are linked to recent criminal

attacks in Scotland’s central belt, police have said. In a statement released on Tuesday, Police Scotland said the attack did not appear to be linked with a series of criminal acts by rival

groups in Scotland. The statement read: “The investigation into the fatal shootings in Fuengirola is being carried out by Spanish police. “Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police where

requested, however, at this time we have no officers deployed within Spain. Article continues below “There is currently no intelligence to suggest the deaths of these two men in Spain are

linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland being investigated as part of Operation Portaledge. “Any misinformation or speculation linking the events in Spain are not helpful to the

ongoing investigations in either country. “There is also nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland.” Operation Portaledge is investigating a

suspected gang feud that has been linked with a number of shootings, firebombings and assaults in the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas since March. So far more than 40 people have been arrested

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