{"id":149259,"date":"2025-06-01T10:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149259\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:53:09","slug":"two-shot-dead-at-popular-irish-pub-in-costa-del-sol-holiday-resort-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149259\/","title":{"rendered":"Two shot dead at popular Irish pub in Costa del Sol holiday resort | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_253893523-9b18.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23299038\" alt=\"**ALL ROUND PICTURES &amp; VIDEO FROM SOLARPIX.COM** **UK ONLINE USAGE FEE PER PIC 1st ??40.00,2nd ??20,00 INCLUDING VIDEO GRABS. - NO PRICE CAP - VIDEO FEES AT STANDARD RATES** **FULL COPY BY GERARD COUZENS -TEL: +34 659 567 821** JOB REF:23126 ASA\/GC\/SM DATE:01.06.2025 Caption: TWO people have been shot dead at a popular Irish bar in a popular Costa del Sol holiday resort. The drama is said to have occurred at the door of Monaghans Fuengirola. The sports bar had been encouraging people to come in to watch the Champions League final, which ended with Paris Saint-Germain trouncing Inter Milan 5-0, earlier today in social media posts. This pic:Monagans Irish Bar-shooting scene *SOLARPIX COPYRIGHT WAVER NOTICE** The above fees are for the suppling these internet\/web sourced images &amp; videos only and Solarpix accept no responsibility for any breach of copyright, the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion.**All queries email to alert@solarpix.com or call : +34 609568865\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tMonaghan\u2019s Irish Bar, located on the Fuengirola seafront (Picture: Solarpix)<\/p>\n<p>Two people have been shot dead at a seafront Irish bar in a holiday hotspot on <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/spain\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spain<\/a>\u2019s Costa del Sol.<\/p>\n<p>A masked man is said to have entered Monaghans Fuengirola and killed his victims in front of tourists and expats enjoying a drink after the end of the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> final before fleeing in a getaway vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Some reports speak of two gunmen, although this has yet to be confirmed by police.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources the two men killed were both Irish, one of whom was aged 41. The age of the other person who died is not yet clear.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the National Police in Malaga said this morning: \u2018Around midnight an incident with firearms occurred in Fuengirola, specifically at an entertainment venue along the seafront.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Two males died as a result from gunshot wounds. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made so far.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Pictures from the scene of last night\u2019s shooting, which occurred around 11.30pm, show a man lying on his back in shorts and a T-shirt by a menu blackboard on an outside terrace at the bar.<\/p>\n<p>In other images police and paramedics can be seen surrounding the body of one of the victims, thought to be the same man, after he was covered by a blanket as shocked locals and holidaymakers looked on.<\/p>\n<p>There are no reports yet of any arrests, although police set up roadblocks in the area after the shooting to try to catch those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>Unconfirmed local reports are pointing to the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/crime-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crime<\/a> being a possible gang-related shooting because of\u00a0the\u00a0way it was executed.<\/p>\n<p>The latest murders follow the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/22\/british-man-shot-dead-popular-spanish-holiday-resort-22948690\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago<\/a> of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda.<\/p>\n<p>He was killed around 8pm on April 21 in a professional hit as he headed back to his car after finishing a football match with friends.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_253897547-60b8.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23299037\" alt=\"**ALL ROUND PICTURES &amp; VIDEO FROM SOLARPIX.COM** **UK ONLINE USAGE FEE PER PIC 1st ??40.00,2nd ??20,00 INCLUDING VIDEO GRABS. - NO PRICE CAP - VIDEO FEES AT STANDARD RATES** **FULL COPY BY GERARD COUZENS -TEL: +34 659 567 821** JOB REF:23126 ASA\/GC\/SM DATE:01.06.2025 Caption: TWO people have been shot dead at a popular Irish bar in a popular Costa del Sol holiday resort. The drama is said to have occurred at the door of Monaghans Fuengirola. The sports bar had been encouraging people to come in to watch the Champions League final, which ended with Paris Saint-Germain trouncing Inter Milan 5-0, earlier today in social media posts. This pic:Monagans Irish Bar-shooting scene *SOLARPIX COPYRIGHT WAVER NOTICE** The above fees are for the suppling these internet\/web sourced images &amp; videos only and Solarpix accept no responsibility for any breach of copyright, the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion.**All queries email to alert@solarpix.com or call : +34 609568865\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tThe scene of the recent shooting at the Irish pub on the Costa del Sol (Picture: SolarPix)<\/p>\n<p>The killers fled in a getaway car that was later torched. Police are investigating the incident as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The victim has not been named but was known to come from <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/liverpool-fc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reports at the time described the incident as the fourth shooting so far that month on the Costa del Sol, where rival gangs have increasingly used extreme violence to settle scores and a number of international mafias are known to have a base.<\/p>\n<p>Four days before the Calahonda shooting a 34-year-old man was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being shot outside a nightclub in the famous Costa del Sol resort.<\/p>\n<p>National Police are investigating the latest attack.<\/p>\n<p>Monaghans Fuengirola describes itself online as a \u2018family friendly sports bar and restaurant located in Torreblanca, Fuengirola opposite one of the area\u2019s most popular beaches\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre, one of the top destinations for Brits visiting Spain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Got a story? 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