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Belfast Telegraph
3 days ago
- Belfast Telegraph
Two people shot dead at Irish bar in popular Costa del Sol holiday resort
A masked man is said to have entered Monaghans, Fuengirola and killed his victims in front of horrified tourists and expats enjoying a drink after the end of the Champions League final before fleeing in a getaway vehicle. Some reports speak of two gunmen, although this has yet to be confirmed by police. The nationalities of the two people killed has not yet been made public, although local media are saying neither is Spanish. Grisly pictures from the scene of last night's shooting, which occurred around 11.30pm, show a man lying lifeless on his back in shorts and a T-shirt by a drinks and meal blackboard on an outside terrace at the Irish bar. In other disturbing images police and paramedics can be seen surrounding the body of one of the victims, thought to be the same man, after he was covered under a blanket as shocked locals and holidaymakers looked on. There are no reports yet of any arrests, although police set up roadblocks in the area after the shooting to try to catch those responsible. Unconfirmed local reports are pointing to the horror crime being a possible gang-related shooting because of the way it was executed. The latest gun murders follow the fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda. 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. 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. Dua Lipa and Gary Lineker join stars calling on PM to halt all arms sales to Israel 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. National Police are investigating the latest attack. 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.' Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone's throw from an area called Los Boliches. The Malaga branch of hard-right Spanish party Vox said in a post on X, referencing the series of recent shootings on the Costa del Sol: 'A new shooting in the province of Malaga, this time in Fuengirola. 'What are the Popular Party and the governing PSOE party waiting for to increase the presence of police and other state security forces on the Costa del Sol? 'We have been demanding urgent measures to end these shootings for several weeks now.'
Local Spain
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Local Spain
Spanish PM asks for time in blackout probe and snubs blame on renewables
Energy Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pleaded for patience on Wednesday as pressure grows on his government to determine what caused last week's blackout, adding that there's no proof renewables or the lack of nuclear power plants caused the outage. The April 28th outage cut internet and telephone connections, halted trains, shut businesses and plunged cities into darkness across Spain and Portugal as well as briefly affecting southwestern France. Fierce debate has raged in Spain over the possible causes, but no firm conclusion has emerged as the authorities gather and analyse data from electricity companies and the national grid operator. "The process will take its time because we will have to examine meticulously around 756 million pieces of data," Sánchez told parliament, promising to "get to the bottom of the matter". "Citizens want to know what happened... what we will not do is prematurely close any debate. We will not rush to conclusions," added Sánchez. The Socialist premier said preliminary technical information indicated that three incidents occurred in southern Spain on April 28th, the last of which sparked the grid collapse. Previous official information had pointed to two incidents five seconds apart which triggered a loss of power generation equivalent to 60 percent of Spain's electricity consumption at the time. The right-wing opposition has questioned the Socialist-led coalition government's phase-out of nuclear energy and reliance on renewables, saying they made Spain more vulnerable to blackouts. Sánchez again insisted there was "no empirical evidence" to show that "an excess of renewables or the lack of nuclear power plants" caused the crisis. "Be wary of those who tell you this is either about renewables or nuclear energy, because it isn't," the Spanish premier added, referring to the right-wing bloc as "amateur lobbyists for the big electricity companies". Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo said Sánchez had demonstrated "arrogance" and warned his conservative Popular Party would not allow the crisis to pass "without resignations".
CNA
05-05-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Spain opens probe after cable theft halts high-speed trains
MADRID: Spanish police opened an investigation on Monday (May 5) after thefts of copper cables halted high-speed trains from Madrid to the south, leaving thousands of passengers trapped in trains or stranded at stations. The disruption took place on a busy day as travellers were returning home after a long weekend in Madrid and before the start on Tuesday of a week-long annual fair in the southern city of Seville, a major tourist draw. It came a week after a blackout in Spain and neighbouring Portugal also brought trains to a halt on the Spanish high-speed rail network, the second longest in the world after China's. No firm cause for the outage has yet emerged. The transport ministry said the cable theft took place on Sunday in the central province of Toledo at five points within a few kilometres of each other on the high-speed line linking Madrid and Seville. The theft disrupted travel between Madrid, Seville, Malaga, Valencia and the southern city of Granada, affecting more than 10,000 passengers and at least 30 trains. Service was gradually returning to normal on Monday. Transport Minister Oscar Puente called the cable theft a "serious act of sabotage" in a post on X. "It was quite a coordinated action. Whoever did it knew what they were going for," he added. Spain's Civil Guard police force has opened a probe into the "theft of copper cabling" to "clarify what happened and identify those responsible", the interior ministry said on social media. The price of copper has soared in recent years, triggering thefts of cables that use the metal in train and telecommunications networks around the world. The head of Spain's main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, said images of "thousands of Spaniards trapped on trains" without water were "unbecoming of the fourth largest economy in the eurozone".
Local Spain
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Local Spain
Spain opens probe after copper theft halts dozens of high-speed trains
The disruption took place on a busy day as travellers were returning home after a long weekend in Madrid and before the start on Tuesday of a week-long annual fair in the southern city of Seville, a major tourist draw. It came a week after a blackout in Spain and neighbouring Portugal also brought trains to a halt on the Spanish high-speed rail network, the second longest in the world after China's. No firm cause for the outage has yet emerged. The transport ministry said the cable theft took place on Sunday in the central province of Toledo at five points within a few kilometres of each other on the high-speed line linking Madrid and Seville. The theft disrupted travel between Madrid, Seville, Malaga, Valencia and the southern city of Granada, affecting more than 10,000 passengers and at least 30 trains. Service was gradually returning to normal on Monday. Transport Minister Óscar Puente called the cable theft a "serious act of sabotage" in a post on X. "It was quite a coordinated action. Whoever did it knew what they were going for," he added. Spain's Civil Guard police force has opened a probe into the "theft of copper cabling" to "clarify what happened and identify those responsible", the interior ministry said on social media. The price of copper has soared in recent years, triggering thefts of cables that use the metal in train and telecommunications networks around the world. The head of Spain's main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, said images of "thousands of Spaniards trapped on trains" without water were "unbecoming of the fourth largest economy in the eurozone".
Local Spain
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Local Spain
Spanish far-right party Vox fined for illegal financing
The court said a review of the party's annual accounts for 2018, 2019 and 2020 shows Vox "received or accepted unidentified donations in cash" during this period, calling it a "very serious breach" of the country's party financing laws. In response it said it fined Vox €862,496 ($979,000), a move the party said it would appeal. Vox called the ruling "unjust", saying in a statement that "on other occasions the Court of Auditors has closed identical cases". Founded in 2013 by former members of the mainstream conservative Popular Party, Vox is anti-Muslim, nationalist, anti-feminist, Eurosceptic, socially conservative and economically liberal. It has been the third-largest party in Spain's parliament since 2019 but has never held power at the national level.
