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Daily Record
6 hours ago
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Hunt for 'blond' hitman who gunned down Scots gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons
Spanish authorities revealed a key detail - they believe the assassin is a blond man. Spanish officials have claimed they have 'no doubt' they will catch the gunman who shot dead British gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr at a Costa del Sol pub. Javier Salas was the first Spanish government representative to confirm the victims were Scottish after Saturday night's horror shooting at Monaghan's Irish pub Monaghans Fuengirola. And he spoke again overnight to say he was convinced police would find and arrest the culprit. Graphic CCTV footage first published by Spanish TV on Tuesday showed one of the two men murdered being cornered inside the premises and shot in the chest and stomach from close range. The killer, dressed in black, was filmed shooting Glaswegian Ross Monaghan, 43, dead after targeting his pal Lyons Jnr outside the pub seconds earlier as terrified tourists and locals ran for cover. Spanish police sources have confirmed they believe the killer is blond following claims detectives haven't commented on that he could also be Scottish. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. He fled on foot but was driven from the scene by an accomplice in a car waiting nearby which headed along the old N340 dual carriageway east towards the resort of Benalmadena. No arrests have yet been made. Hard-right Spanish party Vox has criticised more mainstream parties including the governing left-wing PSOE party for not increasing police numbers in the wake of a string of shootings this year on the Costa del Sol. Ana Mula, mayoress of Fuengirola and a member of the Popular Party which is the main national opposition party, has called on the governing PSOE party to provide more resources and specialist police to combat criminal gangs. Mr Salas insisted as he sought to counter the criticism and ease local concern over the Costa gang wars: 'I have no doubt that the person who caused the two murders, who arrived and left the pub on foot with his face covered, will be identified and located, as happens in 90 per cent of the cases that occur in the province of Malaga.' Saying the police investigation into possible accomplices was continuing, he added: 'The information available is that only one person entered and shot the two UK citizens who died practically on the spot.' The central government representative for the region, appearing to respond directly to Fuengirola mayoress Mrs Mula's criticism, went on to claim there were 'more resources than ever and more police than ever' in the province of Malaga which Fuengirola is part of. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.' Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone's throw from an area called Los Boliches.
Belfast Telegraph
6 hours ago
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- Belfast Telegraph
Police say ‘no intelligence' to suggest hit in Irish pub in Spain was planned in Scotland
Police Scotland said the attack that claimed the lives of Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan did not appear to be linked with an outbreak of violence between rival gangs in Scotland Police investigating the brutal gun deaths of two Scottish gangsters at an Irish pub on the Costa del Sol have said there is "no intelligence' to suggest the hit had been planned in Scotland. In a statement, Police Scotland said the attack that claimed the lives of Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan did not appear to be linked with an outbreak of violence between rival gangs in Scotland. However, sources told Sunday World the hit may be connected with a six-figure drugs debt that the two men owed. Scottish police said the investigation into the fatal shootings in Fuengirola 'is being carried out by Spanish police'. 'Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police where requested, however, at this time we have no officers deployed within Spain,' a statement reads. There is currently no intelligence to suggest the deaths of these two men in Spain are linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland being investigated as part of Operation Portaledge. 'Any misinformation or speculation linking the events in Spain are not helpful to the ongoing investigations in either country. 'There is also nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland.' So far more than 40 people have been arrested in connection with the incidents as part of Operation Portaledge that is investigating a suspected gang feud linked with a number of shootings, fire bombings and assaults in the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas since March. Both men died after a gunman opened fire outside Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola, Malaga on Saturday at around 11pm. One report suggests that a car pulled up outside the bar and a masked man got out before opening fire on the two as they stood outside the venue. The gunman then fled in the car, leaving both men dying at the scene. However, local media is reporting that police are searching for a blond man as the shooter who arrived on foot with his face covered and, after fleeing, got into a vehicle that fled towards Benalmádena . The Forensic Investigation team and the National Police's Organised Crime Unit (UDYCO) are working to identify the perpetrator of the crime and "will find the culprit," according to Javier Salas, the central government's deputy delegate in Malaga. Officers in charge of the investigation are gathering information and evidence from testimony collected on-site and from asking witnesses to come to the police station to confirm their statements, Salas told the Herald of Aragon. They are also attempting to secure security camera footage from where the shooting took place and this will have to analysed, Salas added. The deputy delegate is convinced that the shooter will eventually be identified. "I have no doubt that the person responsible for the two murders, who arrived and left the pub on foot with his face covered, will be identified and located, as happens in 90 per cent of cases that occur in the province of Malaga,' Sala said, according to the Herald. Although Spanish cops are convinced there was only one shooter, the investigation will determine whether there were more people involved 'who could have collaborated with him'. 'However, the available data indicates that only one person entered and shot the two British citizens, who died practically instantly,' the Herald reports. Regarding security, Salas stressed that in Málaga there are "more resources and more police officers than ever before' who have 'the best techniques and the best materials" at their disposal to carry out the investigation and fight crime. Salas stated that the scientific investigation team is "one of the best" in Spain. Several police unions and policymakers have expressed concern about what they consider an escalation of violence on the Cost del Sol. The Spanish Police Confederation (CEP) has claimed "the escalation of violence and the lack of human and material resources' is proof the National Police is "abandoned by the government in the province of Málaga."
Daily Mail
6 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Scotland braces for revenge attacks after Costa Del Sol assassinations: Gangs warn of more bloodshed on streets after double shooting 'linked to feud between warring clans'
Scotland is braced for a wave of revenge attacks after two major gangland kingpins were gunned down in a planned assassination on the Costa del Sol. Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr - senior figures from the feared Lyons gang - were shot dead by a masked gunman as they were watching Saturday's Champions League final at Monaghan's Irish pub in Fuengirola. After executing Lyons Jnr, 46, on the street outside, the killer ran in and cornered Monaghan, 43, before shooting him in the chest and stomach at close range. Monaghan - who is believed to have owned the pub - attempted to escape by running to the bathroom. But horrific CCTV broadcast on Spanish television shows him stumbling as he turns to face his killer, who calmly pulls the trigger four times. No one has claimed responsibility for the hit job - but the slayings come amid a vicious gang war in Scotland that has seen a wave of firebombings terrorise communities in Glasgow and Edinburgh. They are also feared to be the latest chapter in a bloody feud between the Lyons family and their bitter rivals, the Daniels, which has been ongoing for two decades. Monaghan was a suspect in the 2010 murder of Daniels member Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll outside an Asda in Robroyston, Glasgow. He was charged but the case was later dropped. In August 2017, Monaghan and Lyons Jr were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire. Monaghan later fled to Spain after being shot in the shoulder while dropping his child off at a Glasgow primary school that same year. The Lyons, from the Milton housing scheme in North Glasgow, sparked the original war after allegedly stealing a £20,000 stash of cocaine belonging to the Daniels, from nearby Possil, during a party. Five years later, gunmen James McDonald and Raymond Anderson walked into Applerow Motors in Lambhill, north Glasgow - owned by David Lyons - and opened fire in retaliation. David's nephew Michael Lyons, 21, was killed, while Steven Lyons - Eddie Jnr's brother - was shot in the leg and back. Robert Pickett was left in a coma and lost a kidney. Scores of tit for tat shootings and killings have happened in the years since. Spanish police confirmed yesterday that they had yet to make any arrests over the murders of Monaghan and Lyons Jnr. 'The investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of two men at a pub in Fuengirola, with nothing new at the moment,' a spokesperson said. Spanish police earlier pushed back on claims that a third person had been hurt and was in hospital. 'There is no record of another person or people being injured,' a spokesperson said. The wife of one of the victims witnessed the attack, according to Malaga-based news outlet Sur. The outlet did not say which man's partner it was. The gunman in understood to have fled on foot before rejoining an accomplice in a car who had driven him to the murder scene. Police have so far retraced part of their escape route to the old N-340 dual carriageway heading towards Benalmadena. Details on 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. Court officials are expected to confirm later today that a secrecy order has been placed on the investigation, preventing public officials from making any detailed public comment. Police have not made any arrests at the time of writing 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. Some local reports cite witnesses in identifying the assassin as a 'blond man. Investigators are working on the theory that 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. 'Around midnight on Saturday an incident with firearms occurred in Fuengirola, specifically at an entertainment venue along the seafront,' reads the only official statement to date. '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 comment. 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. 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. 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.
Daily Record
7 hours ago
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- Daily Record
'Gun for hire' hitman theory emerges after double gangland shooting in Spain
Early reports suggested the killer was Scottish, however a source with detailed experience of dealing with major underworld incidents like this believes that it is almost certainly not the case. Claims a hitman flew from Scotland to murder two gangsters in a Spanish bar have been described as "highly doubtful" by one expert. Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr were gunned down in Fuengirola on Satuday night. Early reports suggested the killer was Scottish, however a source with detailed experience of dealing with major underworld incidents like this believes that it is almost certainly not the case. Speaking to the Scottish Daily Express, the insider revealed: 'The logistics of organising someone to fly down to Spain, carry out the hit and then make good their escape are extremely complicated. 'You need a middle man in Spain to supply the weapons as you would not risk bringing it out yourself. You need someone with local knowledge to arrange a route to the scene of the attack and obviously, an escape plan. On top of that you need to get that individual out of the country undetected.' He added: 'All-in-all, it makes the Scottish hypothesis highly doubtful to me. Why go to all that trouble when there are people already in Spain who are willing to do your dirty work for you - for a price, of course! 'The Costas are full of Moroccans and Albanians who are simply ' guns -for-hire'. It is much more feasible that this what happened here on Saturday. Life is cheap for these kids and as well as getting paid, it gives them a lift up the criminal ladder by gaining kudos.' Major crime bosses like the Dublin-formed Kinahans, who've moved to Spain, usually use people they know and trust on the ground, due to so many of them actually relocating to Spain and their subsequent familiarity with the region, the source added. The insider added: 'The fact whoever did this was in-and-out of the bar in 25 seconds and that indicates a high degree of professionalism. 'Added to this, the tight clustering of the wounds to Monaghan's chest that would also tell me that this individual had done this before and had been trained. Possibly ex-military. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. 'He knew exactly who to kill, where to shoot and not to panic. It was a classic 'gangland execution' and not some random nobody given instructions and a gun for the first time, that's for sure''
Scottish Sun
7 hours ago
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- Scottish Sun
Key clue revealed over identity of hitman who gunned down Scots gangsters Ross Monaghan & Eddie Lyons Jnr in Spain
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SPANISH officials have claimed they have 'no doubt' they will catch the gunman who shot dead Lyons gang kingpins Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr. Government representative Javier Salas was first to confirm the victims were Scots after Saturday night's horror shooting at Monaghan's Irish pub in Fuengirola. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 Eddie Lyons Jnr, left, and Ross Monaghan were murdered in Spain on Saturday. 5 The moment a gunman blasted Monaghan to death on a Fuengirola bar. Credit: Solarpix 5 Mayor of Fuengirola Ana Mula has spoken pout about crime on the Cost Del Sol And he spoke again overnight to say he was convinced police would find and arrest the maniacs who brutally gunned down the notorious duo. He said: 'I have no doubt that the person who caused the two murders, who arrived and left the pub on foot with his face covered, will be identified and located, as happens in 90 per cent of the cases that occur in the province of Malaga.' And he went on to say of the ongoing police probe: 'The information available is that only one person entered and shot the two UK citizens who died practically on the spot.' We told how graphic CCTV footage first published by Spanish TV on Tuesday showed Monaghan, 43, crawling across the floor of the boozer as the gunman moved in. He was blasted in the chest and stomach from close range before he died at the scene. The killer, dressed in black, was filmed shooting Monaghan seconds after targeting his pal Lyons Jnr, 46, outside the pub as terrified tourists and locals ran for cover. Spanish police sources have confirmed they believe the killer is blond following claims detectives haven't commented on claims the killer also be Scottish. He fled on foot but was driven from the scene by an accomplice in a car waiting nearby which headed along the old N340 dual carriageway east towards the resort of Benalmadena. No arrests have yet been made. Hard-right Spanish party Vox has criticised more mainstream parties including the governing left-wing PSOE party for not increasing police numbers in the wake of a string of shootings this year on the Costa del Sol. Ana Mula, mayoress of Fuengirola and a member of the Popular Party which is the main national opposition party, has called on the governing PSOE party to provide more resources and specialist police to combat criminal gangs. The INSIDE story of Scotland's biggest gangster - Jamie 'The Iceman' Stevenson 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. Career criminal Monaghan, who fled Scotland for Spain after a failed attempt on his life outside a Glasgow primary school in 2017, was acquitted over the murder of notorious Glasgow hood Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll, 29, at an Asda car park in 2010. In August 2017 he and 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. 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. In a statement issued last night, Police Scotland insisted there was 'no intelligence' linking the murders to the drugs feud here, which is being investigated via their Operation Portaledge. The force said: 'The investigation into the fatal shootings in Fuengirola is being carried out by Spanish police. Police Scotland is supporting where requested. We have no officers deployed within Spain. 'There is currently no intelligence to suggest the deaths of these two men in Spain are linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland." The Foreign Office said: 'We are supporting families of two British men who died in Fuengirola.' 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. 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. 5 Ross Monaghan was acquitted of the gangland shooting of Kevin 'Gerbil Carroll, above. 5 Former Union Bear Ross 'Miami' McGill has been waging war on rivals in Scotland. 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.' Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone's throw from an area called Los Boliches. We told how rising mob boss Ross McGill, 31, has been waging war in Scotland against caged Edinburgh kingpin Mark Richardson, 38, and the Daniel family after being ripped off in a £500,000 drug deal. Sources say dealers decided to 'bump' the ex-Rangers ultras leader, nicknamed 'Miami', as they'd never heard of him. But the fateful move to pay for the coke haul with fake cash triggered the Dubai-based Scot's wrath and sparked the vengeful gang war raging in the central belt. It's claimed the Daniels crime clan have amassed a £500,000 war chest amid fears they will be now wrongly blamed for the Mafia-style executions of two of their enemies. Leaders of the under-siege crew have set aside the huge cash pot to deal with potential revenge attacks following the murders of Lyons gang kingpins.
