Two Brit gangsters killed in Costa del Sol shooting in 'Mafia-style' execution - The Mirror

Two Brit gangsters killed in Costa del Sol shooting in 'Mafia-style' executionScottish gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr were brutally killed in a Costa del Sol resort town this

weekend as people watched the Champions League final between PSG and Inter MilanNewsMonica Charsley News Reporter and Natalia Penza News Correspondent09:38, 02 Jun 2025Updated 19:18, 02 Jun

2025 Two Scottish gangsters were assassinated at a popular Irish bar on the Costa del Sol this weekend in a Mafia-style execution. Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jr, 46, were gunned down

in front of terrified tourists including families on Saturday night.

The terrifying shooting is said to have happened as people were watching the Champions League final on Saturday as Paris Saint-Germain beat Inter Milan 5-0. The incident happened on the

terrace of Monaghans in Fuengirola when a masked man got out of a car and opened fire. Lyons Jr was reportedly shot in the chest at close range and died at the scene.

‌Emergency services rushed to the scene after the two men were shot(Image: SOLARPIX.COM)‌READ MORE: Two Brits killed in Costa del Sol shooting named as infamous Scottish gangsters The second

target was said to have ran into the bar as staff and customers ducked underneath tables and chairs. It has been reported that he was shot at least four times in the chest and abdomen and

also died at the bar.

The gunman fled on foot before re-joining the accomplice who had driven him to the murder scene. Police have retraced part of their escape route to the old N-340 dual carriageway heading

towards Benalmadena. Details about the make and colour of the getaway vehicle have not yet been released.

Scots gangsters Ross Monaghan (L) and Eddie Lyons Jnr (Image: Daily Record)Article continues below Officers from an elite Spanish National Police Costa del Sol-based Anti-Drug and Organised

Crime Unit UDYCO are heading the ongoing probe, although they are reporting to a local investigating judge coordinating the operation.

Court officials are expected to confirm later today a secrecy order has been placed on the investigation, preventing public officials from making detailed public comment. Some local reports

point to witnesses identifying the shooter as a “blond man” and investigators working on the theory British nationals are behind the gangland killing, but detectives have not commented.

The incident happened at Monaghans in Fuengirola (Image: SOLARPIX.COM)‌ The shooting in Spain comes amid a violent gang war that has ripped through Scotland in recent months following an

alleged dispute over drugs.

Spain's National Police confirmed two men were killed but declined to name them, saying: “Around midnight on Saturday 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.”

The shooting is said to have been linked to a gang war(Image: SOLARPIX.COM)Article continues below Career criminal Monaghan, who fled Scotland for Spain after a failed attempt on his life

outside a Glasgow primary school in 2017, was tried but acquitted over the murder of notorious Glasgow hood Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll at an Asda car park in 2010.

In August 2017, he and Eddie Lyons Jr, both members of the Lyons crime family in Glasgow, were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in

Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.