Police: No recommendation Spanish murders connected to gang feud

Police say there may be these days not anything to signify the murders of 2 Scots in a Spanish bar is expounded to an on-going gang struggle in Scotland.

Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan have been shot useless in an assault at Monaghans pub in Fuengirola on Saturday night.

The two males have hyperlinks to the Lyons crime extended family, which along side the rival Daniels gang has been connected to a chain of attacks, shootings and fire-bombings throughout Glasgow and Edinburgh in fresh months.

There has been intense hypothesis that the murders are the most recent twist in that feud, however a remark by way of Police Scotland has stated there may be “nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland”.

Lyons, 46, and Monaghan, 43, died when a gunman opened fireplace on them within the bar at about 23:00 native time. He then fled the scene in a automotive.

Monaghans is situated at the seafront of the city and is a well-liked bar with vacationers and expats.

The bar have been screening the UEFA Champions League ultimate at the night of the assault.

The mayor of Fuengirola, Ana Mula, previous referred to as for extra police assets to struggle organised crime-related violence at the Costa del Sol.

Ms Mula stated: “We live in a world and at a time where crime knows no borders.

“In puts just like the Costa del Sol, we are seeing traits that, as they unfold, inevitably have an effect on us.

“We need much greater involvement from the state on this issue.”

She also referred to as for the deployment of extra law enforcement officials who specialize in organised crime.

The mayor added: “I intend to be relentless in demanding action on this.

“It’s a best precedence for our neighborhood and our town.”

But in a statement released on on Tuesday evening, Police Scotland made it clear it was not directly investigating the murders.

“The investigation into the deadly shootings in Fuengirola is being performed by way of Spanish police,” it stated.

“Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police the place asked, then again at the moment we haven’t any officials deployed inside of Spain.

“There is currently no intelligence to suggest the deaths of these two men in Spain are linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland being investigated as part of Operation Portaledge.

“Any incorrect information or hypothesis linking the occasions in Spain aren’t useful to the continuing investigations in both nation.

“There is also nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland.”