{"id":71717,"date":"2026-08-17T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71717\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:10:08","slug":"pregnant-woman-among-3-killed-in-suspected-gang-shooting-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71717\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant woman among 3 killed in suspected gang shooting in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Three people have been shot dead in a suspected revenge attack linked to the drug trade in southwestern Spain, the authorities in the Andalusia region said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The three victims were a pregnant woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, a 62-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy. The unborn child also did not survive, the authorities said, adding that two other people were injured in the attack.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to official statements, the attack took place in Isla Cristina, a town of 21,000 inhabitants in the Andalusian province of Huelva. Two masked perpetrators approached the victims on a motorcycle late on Sunday evening and fired numerous shots. The victims were left lying in the street and could not be revived by rescuers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Site in Isla Cristina, Spain where Sunday\u2019s shooting took place. Two masked perpetrators approached the victims on a motorcycle late on Sunday evening and fired numerous shots. Photo: Handout via Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01f03c81-8fb1-49f6-806f-6a69981e92a1_a18f5966.jpg\" title=\"Site in Isla Cristina, Spain where Sunday\u2019s shooting took place. Two masked perpetrators approached the victims on a motorcycle late on Sunday evening and fired numerous shots. Photo: Handout via Reuters\"\/>Site in Isla Cristina, Spain where Sunday\u2019s shooting took place. Two masked perpetrators approached the victims on a motorcycle late on Sunday evening and fired numerous shots. Photo: Handout via Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Guardia Civil police unit has since launched an investigation. A connection to disputes in the drug trade is currently considered likely, the state broadcaster RTVE and other media reported, citing the authorities.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The two women killed were said to be the mother and sister of a man being investigated in connection with a fatal shoot-out in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Investigators are now examining whether the attack was a retaliatory strike linked to that case. The 16-year-old who was killed had no connection to either of the two women or to the suspected revenge attack. He had simply \u201chappened to be passing by\u201d when the shots were fired, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Mayor Genaro Orta described the scene at the site as \u201chorrific\u201d, saying numerous shell casings had been found around the victims. He expressed hope that there would be no further acts of retaliation in Isla Cristina in the coming days. \u201cThere is great unease in the town,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Regional Premier Juanma Moreno described the attack as \u201cintolerable\u201d. The conservative politician said on social media that drug trafficking must not be allowed to operate freely in Andalusia, and called on the left-leaning central government to provide more resources to guarantee public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been shot dead in a suspected revenge attack linked to the drug trade in southwestern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1965,27878,7039,18014,27877,9523,17],"class_list":["post-71717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-andalusia","tag-drug-trade","tag-guardia-civil","tag-huelva","tag-isla-cristina","tag-rtve","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}