Two Irish tourists ‘violently' attacked by teen knife gang in Malaga after night out as hospital treats facial fractures
TWO tourists were left with facial fractures and other injuries after being mugged by a teenage knife gang in a Costa del Sol resort.
The Irish pair were attacked as they walked back to their hotel in the picturesque town of Nerja around 30 miles east of Malaga after a night out.
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Irish tourists were left with facial fractures and other injuries after being attacked by a teenage gang
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Remains of blood were left spattered on a residential property
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Police are understood to have identified the suspects as four local youngsters, believed to include a minor but it was not clear if they had made arrests after Friday morning's incident.
Respected local paper Sur said the culprits threatened their victims with a knife before repeatedly punching and kicking them and fleeing with stolen cash and mobile phones.
It described the attack as so 'violent' remains of blood were left spattered on a residential property.
Police were alerted by residents who heard screams and shouting.
The Irish holidaymakers were reportedly taken to hospital with each suffering several facial fractures among other injuries.
The Civil Guard in Malaga has not yet made any official comment.
Separately, an Irish tourist has been involved in a death crash in a Majorcan holiday resort.
The 38-year-old was at the wheel of a rental car which collided head-on with a 51-year-old German cyclist in Santa Ponsa, a short drive from the party resort of Magaluf.
Police spent nearly half an hour trying to save the man knocked off his bike before paramedics arrived and confirmed he was dead and nothing could be done to revive him.
No arrests are believed to have been made, although a local judge has opened an investigation.
Unconfirmed reports said the unnamed cyclist, who lived in Majorca, rode the wrong way into the street where the collision occurred just before 5pm last Thursday.
It is not known whether the Irish tourist, who has not been named, was travelling alone in the hire car or with other people
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