{"id":71916,"date":"2026-08-17T23:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71916\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T23:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:27:07","slug":"3-killed-2-injured-in-shooting-in-southern-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71916\/","title":{"rendered":"3 killed, 2 injured in shooting in southern Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pregnant woman, her mother and a 16-year-old were killed when masked gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a group of people in a coastal tourist town in southern Spain, according to local officials and Spanish media.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened at about 10 p.m. Sunday in Isla Cristina, a popular summer destination on Spain\u2019s Atlantic coast. Two masked men arrived on a motorcycle, and one of them fired a long gun before they fled, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/espana\/2026\/08\/16\/6a822c5bfdddffe4198b4575.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Mundo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A 39-year-old woman who was eight months pregnant was among those shot. Her baby later died, along with the woman\u2019s mother and the 16-year-old. Two other people were injured, including the pregnant woman\u2019s son, who was seriously hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating the attack as a possible retaliation linked to longstanding personal disputes between families with ties to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\tArticle continues below the player<\/p>\n<p>After the shooting, the suspects attempted to set fire to their vehicle in a nearby pine forest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elespanol.com\/espana\/andalucia\/20260817\/muere-bebe-mujer-embarazada-tiroteada-isla-cristina-presunto-ajuste-cuentas-clanes\/1003744355330_0.html?utm_campaign=mrf-facebook-elespanol2015&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;mrfcid=202608176a8336bd1ff51242c0e09ae2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Espa\u00f1ol<\/a> reported. People at a nearby campground and firefighters were able to put out the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardia Civil is investigating and working to identify the gunmen. Local authorities have called for calm after the attack, which happened near tourist areas crowded with summer visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pregnant woman, her mother and a 16-year-old were killed when masked gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27925,13590,17,27926],"class_list":["post-71916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-huelva-spain","tag-shooting","tag-spain","tag-spain-drug-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71916","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=71916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}