Lyons crime clan fear traitor helped set up Ross Monagahan & Eddie Lyons Jr gangland bloodbath murders

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REELING Lyons crime clan members suspect a traitor in their tight inner circle set up the shocking murders of Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan, underworld sources claimed.
Insiders said gang bosses are certain someone trusted tipped off the gunman just hours before the Mafia-style hit at a pub packed with holidaymakers in Fuengirola, Spain.
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Lyons crime clan members suspect a traitor set up the shocking murders
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Horrific CCTV footage revealed the last moments of Monaghan
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The footage shows the gunman appearing to aim at Monaghan
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The victim can be seen stumbling behind a chair in the bar
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The executed kingpins are thought to have originally planned to head to another spot along the Costa del Sol coast for a night out — but a last-minute decision to stay at Monaghan's bar sealed their fate.
The pair were enjoying a meal and a drink after watching the Champions League final when the assassin zeroed in on them as petrified punters ran for cover.
The fresh revelations emerged as horrific CCTV footage revealed the last moments of Monaghan, one of Scotland's most notorious gangland figures.
Pictures recorded from inside his Irish pub — and later broadcast on Spanish TV — show the gunman bursting in wearing a black cap, a black top, shorts and what seemed to be a T-shirt as a makeshift mask.
Relaxed Monaghan is sitting nearby wearing a white T-shirt and chatting to customers, unaware he and long-time close pal Lyons are seconds from death.
A source told The Scottish Sun: 'Eddie and Ross were always wary of who knew where they would be.
'They often changed plans at the last minute and Eddie was always wary about using his phone anywhere. He only did face-to-face meetings which meant he had to travel back to Scotland a lot.
'The gunman was obviously tipped off as the two of them had decided on a change of venue at the last minute.
'Only a few people would have known about that so there will be a hunt on to find who betrayed them to the guys who killed them.'
Lyons, 46, was the first to die when he was blasted in the chest at point-blank range as he sat on the terrace outside.
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The camera footage shows desperate Monaghan then fleeing inside the bar for his life only to stumble to the floor as the killer gives chase with his gun drawn.
The seriously wounded hood appears to look into his murderer's eyes in the split second before he tries to scramble away on all fours as he realises he has no escape.
Two innocent bystanders thought to include a waitress and a man in black whose identity is not known can be seen running in terror.
After being shot up to four times, Monaghan, 43, sits upright against a wall, motionless and with blood seeping out from his stomach wounds onto his top as his life ebbs away.
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The pub was packed with holidaymakers in Fuengirola, Spain
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The assassin — who remains at large — then races from the scene to meet up with a getaway driver before they sped off into the night.
Our source also revealed the Glasgow-based Lyons clan keep matters so tight most family members only found out the pair were dead from media reports.
They said: 'Most of the family were totally unaware of what had happened and were shocked to see the stuff in the papers. It's struck fear into the footsoldiers of the gang in Glasgow who are now constantly looking over their shoulder.
'They realise that if the top boys can be got at then so can they.'
Claims also emerged last night that 'the wife' of one of the executed men witnessed the bloodshed at around 11.30pm on Saturday.
Malaga-based newspaper Sur reported the woman was the partner of one of the two victims, but did not say which one.
Further graphic images and video shared on social media show Lyons lying on his back amid claims he died instantly from a bullet to the chest. In one particularly harrowing clip, a good Samaritan is seen trying to keep him alive by frantically attempting CPR as a small group look on in stunned silence.
Another shocked passer-by is heard on the phone saying: 'Someone's just got shot in the head.'
Spanish police say they have yet to make any arrests. A spokesman added: 'The investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of two men at a pub in Fuengirola.'
A government representative for the Malaga area said reports of a third person having been hurt in the carnage were incorrect.
Detectives revealed the shooter fled on foot before rejoining an accomplice in a car who had driven him to the scene.
Police have retraced part of their escape route to a dual carriageway heading towards Benalmadena.
Officers from an elite Spanish National Police Costa del Sol-based Anti-Drug and Organised Crime Unit UDYCO are heading the hunt.
They are reporting to a local investigating judge coordinating the operation. Court officials are expected to confirm a secrecy order has been imposed on the investigation, barring public officials from making any detailed public comment.
The 'secreto de sumario' orders are often placed on criminal probes, especially in their infancy, to limit the number of people who have access to sensitive information.
Some local reports point to witnesses identifying the hitman as a 'blonde man' and investigators working on the theory British nationals are behind the killings, but detectives have not commented.
A British woman who answered the phone at Monaghan's Irish bar said she had been told by cops not to comment.
Monaghan was cleared of killing Daniel clan enforcer Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll in a 2010 shooting.
In 2017, Monaghan and Lyons were pictured laughing outside Glasgow Sheriff Court as an assault trial against them collapsed. They had been accused of battering three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs.
Their murders come amid a violent gang war that has seen firebombings and assaults across the central belt since March. We told how hoods said to be working for Dubai-based mobster Ross 'Miami' McGill, 31, triggered the mayhem here targeting allies of jailed Edinburgh cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson and Lyons enemies, the Daniel family.
Former Rangers ultras chief McGill, from East Kilbride, has been out for revenge amid claims rivals paid him for £500,000 of coke with fake notes.