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| Two Scots shot dead in Spain had criminal gang links | Two Scots shot dead in Spain had criminal gang links |
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| Eddie Lyons Jr, left, and Ross Monaghan, right, were killed in the shooting at the bar | |
| Two Scottish men with links to criminal gangs have been shot dead at a bar in Spain. | Two Scottish men with links to criminal gangs have been shot dead at a bar in Spain. |
| BBC Scotland understands they are Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan, who was previously acquitted of a notorious gangland murder. | BBC Scotland understands they are Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan, who was previously acquitted of a notorious gangland murder. |
| They both died when a masked gunman opened fire at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola in Andalusia on Saturday evening. | |
| Local media reported the attack took place just after 23:00 when a car pulled up outside the crowded bar. The gunman then fled in the same vehicle. | |
| Ross Monaghan was previously linked to the high-profile killing of one of Glasgow's most notorious gangland figures – Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll. | |
| Carroll, a notorious enforcer for the Daniel crime family, was shot as he sat in a car outside a supermarket in Robroyston, Glasgow, in 2010. | |
| Monaghan was accused of the murder and of disposing of evidence after the killing, but was later acquitted due to a lack of evidence. | |
| He was him himself shot in the shoulder as he dropped off his daughter at a primary school in Glasgow in 2017. | |
| Eddie Lyons Jnr had also previously been shot and wounded, just days before the murder of Carroll in 2010. | |
| Video circulating on social media showed police at the scene of the attack | |
| Police Scotland said it was unable to comment on a possible link to a recent gangland feud in Scotland and has directed inquiries to the Spanish authorities. | |
| BBC journalist Guy Hedgecoe said there had been a number similar shootings in the Costa del Sol area in recent weeks, several of which are believed to be connected with drug crime. | |
| Monaghans is located on the seafront and is a popular bar with tourists and expats. | |
| The bar had been screening the UEFA Champions League final on the evening of the attack. | |
| The Foreign Office said it had not been approached for any consular assistance but that its staff stood ready to assist any British nationals if required. |