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Wife witnessed Scots gangsters being shot dead by masked hitman in horror assassination outside Spanish pub

THE 'wife' of one of the Scottish gangsters shot dead at a packed Costa del Sol Irish bar witnessed the horror attack, it emerged today. The unnamed woman was sitting beside her partner on the terrace of Monaghans Fuengirola when a masked man got out of a car that screeched to a halt outside and targeted his two victims. Advertisement 5 Ross Monaghan (L) and Eddie Lyons Jr (R) were gunned down on Saturday night 5 They were gunned down in a Mafia-style execution in front of terrified holiday makers at Monaghan's Credit: Solarpix Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jr, 46, have been named as the victims of the Mafia-style execution on Saturday night in front of terrified holidaymakers including families with children who had been watching the Champions League final together. Respected Malaga-based newspaper Sur reported today the witnesses included one of the men's partners. It also said one of the victims thought to be Lyons Jr was shot in the chest at close range without having a chance to react and died instantly - but the second target ran into the bar in a desperate escape attempt and was gunned down as staff and customers hid under tables and chairs. He is understood to have been shot at least four times in the chest and abdomen, dying despite attempts by police and paramedics to save his life before he could be taken to hospital. Advertisement The gunman, whose disguise is said to have included a hoodie partially covering his face, fled on foot before rejoining the accomplice who had driven him to the murder scene. Police have retraced part of their escape route to the old N-340 dual carriageway heading towards Benalmadena. Details about the make and colour of the getaway vehicle have not yet been released. Officers from an elite Spanish National Police Costa del Sol-based Anti-Drug and Organised Crime Unit UDYCO are heading the ongoing probe, although they are reporting to a local investigating judge coordinating the operation. Advertisement Court officials are expected to confirm later today a secrecy order has been placed on the investigation, preventing public officials from making detailed public comment. Such orders, called a 'secreto de sumario' in Spanish, are often placed on criminal probes especially in their infancy to protect investigations by limiting the number of people who have access to sensitive information. Crime lord Jamie 'Iceman' Stevenson GUILTY of running global drugs gang & importing £100m cocaine haul in banana boxes Some local reports point to witnesses identifying the shooter as a 'blond man' and investigators working on the theory British nationals are behind the gangland killing, but detectives have not commented. The National Police has confirmed two men were killed but declined to name them, saying in the force's only official statement so far:'Around midnight on Saturday an incident with firearms occurred in Fuengirola, specifically at an entertainment venue along the seafront. Advertisement 'Two males died as a result from gunshot wounds. 'The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made so far.' A British woman answered the phone at the Irish bar, said to be owned by Ross Monaghan, yesterday morning but said she had been told by the police not to make any comment. Spanish police confirmed today they had yet to make any arrests. Advertisement A spokesman for the National Police in Malaga covering Fuengirola said early this morning: 'The investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of two men at a pub in Fuengirola, with nothing new at the moment.' Refuting claims yesterday by a government representative for the Malaga area that a third person had been hurt and was in hospital, the police spokesman said: 'There is no record of another person or people being injured.' Career criminal Monaghan, who fled Scotland for Spain after a failed attempt on his life outside a Glasgow primary school in 2017, was tried but acquitted over the murder of notorious Glasgow hood Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll at an Asda car park in 2010. In August 2017 he and Eddie Lyons Jr, both members of the Lyons Glasgow crime family, were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire. Advertisement The shooting in Spain comes amid a violent gang war that has ripped through Scotland since March said to have started over a fallout over drugs. 5 The shooting comes amid a violent gang turf war in Scotland Credit: Solarpix 5 Monaghan was acquitted over the murder of notorious Glasgow hood Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll in 2010 5 Monaghan fled to Spain after an attempt on his life Advertisement Saturday night's gun murders follow the fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda a 15-minute drive from the Irish bar towards Marbella. He was shot dead around 8pm on April 21 in a professional hit as he headed back to his car after finishing a football match with friends. The killers fled in a getaway car that was later torched. Police are investigating the brutal assassination as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests. The victim has not been named but was known to come from Liverpool. Advertisement 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. 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. Monaghans Fuengirola describes itself online as a place 'where you can relax and spend the day enjoying great home cooked meals on a sunny terrace and watch live sporting events.' It also bills itself as a 'family friendly sports bar and restaurant located in Torreblanca, Fuengirola opposite one of the area's most popular beaches.' Advertisement Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone's throw from an area called Los Boliches.