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Man shot dead in Benalmádena bar was Irish
A statement from the National Police has said the 41 year old, Jogn O'Neill, was
on holiday
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-
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.