Two Scots shot dead in Spain had criminal gang links
Two Scottish men with links to criminal gangs have been shot dead at a bar in Spain.
BBC Scotland understands they are Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan, who was previously acquitted of a notorious gangland murder.
They both died when a masked gunman opened fired at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola in Andalusia on Saturday evening.
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