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Man shot dead in Benalmádena bar was Irish
A 41 year old Irish tourist, now named as John O’Neill, has been killed in a shooting incident in the Avenida Antonio Machado in Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena. It happened in the early hours of Wednesday at 3,20am when the emergency services were alerted by several residents who heard several shots.
Hospital sources say the victim died from his wounds after being shot in the ribs and that they could only confirm the death on their arrival at the scene.
Police say the shooting occurred as a result of a brawl which broke out in the nearby Coco’s bar. Reports indicate that two individuals got into a fight following an argument which started in the toilets, and the waiters of the establishment threw one of them out into the street. The man returned later with the firearm, and allegedly fired several times both inside and outside the bar. One of the shots fatally hit the victim.
John O’Neill was on the Costa del Sol on holiday from Dublin with his wife and two children to attend a friend’s wedding on Saturday.
Forensic experts from the Torremolinos-Benalmádena Police Station have taken over the investigation.
Last Sunday a 33 year old British man was shot in the abdomen inside his home in Urbanisation Cala Azul, in La Cala de Mijas. The shooter put his hand through the open window and opened fire as the man was sitting on his sofa, according to reports in Diario Sur. The victim was treated in the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella and then allowed home after it was established that the bullet had cross his body without hitting any internal organ. Mijas Guardia Civil are investigating that shooting.
Hospital sources say the victim died from his wounds after being shot in the ribs and that they could only confirm the death on their arrival at the scene.
Police say the shooting occurred as a result of a brawl which broke out in the nearby Coco’s bar. Reports indicate that two individuals got into a fight following an argument which started in the toilets, and the waiters of the establishment threw one of them out into the street. The man returned later with the firearm, and allegedly fired several times both inside and outside the bar. One of the shots fatally hit the victim.
John O’Neill was on the Costa del Sol on holiday from Dublin with his wife and two children to attend a friend’s wedding on Saturday.
Forensic experts from the Torremolinos-Benalmádena Police Station have taken over the investigation.
Last Sunday a 33 year old British man was shot in the abdomen inside his home in Urbanisation Cala Azul, in La Cala de Mijas. The shooter put his hand through the open window and opened fire as the man was sitting on his sofa, according to reports in Diario Sur. The victim was treated in the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella and then allowed home after it was established that the bullet had cross his body without hitting any internal organ. Mijas Guardia Civil are investigating that shooting.
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