28 Oct, 2018 @ 17:17
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Man shot dead while eating dinner on Spain’s Costa del Sol in ANOTHER suspected mafia hit

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SCENE: Last year a shooting in Torremolinos was a 'settling of accounts' between rival dutch gangs
SCENE: Shooting in Torremolinos

A MAN has been shot and killed while dining on the Costa del Sol.

The victim, believed to be of Arab origin, received two shots to the head and stomach at around 9pm last night.

The shooter entered the Tiki restaurant in Torremolinos with his face covered before opening fire at the victim.

He immediately fled the scene before medical services arrived.

He was seen entering a white van nearby which had been waiting for him with a getaway driver.

Sources said a the van was located and chased by police but they managed to evade the cops.

All signs point to the murder being a ‘settling of accounts’.

The victim was alive when emergency services arrived.

He was taken to hospital but did not survive from his injuries.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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