It is investigated by a new incident with firearms in Marbella (Málaga, 159,000 inhabitants). Shortly after noon, a man has shot another who was on a terrace. As a result, the victim, of Swedish nationality, has been injured and has been transferred to the Costa del Sol Hospital, where he has finally lost his life. The author of the shots, also Swedish, has escaped in a car, although shortly after he has been arrested, police sources have confirmed.
The events have occurred around 14.35 this Friday. Several people called at that time at the 112 Andalusia emergency service to warn that a man had gotten out of a car, has approached the terrace of an establishment of —Muy near the sports port the same name – and has pressed the trigger several times. Then, he has escaped in a vehicle.
The main hypothesis is a new adjustment of accounts between drug traffickers of Swedish origin, clashes has already left numerous incidents on the Costa del Sol in recent years. The last one, the arrest that Marbella traveled this summer to commit a murder, although he was arrested before he committed it.
Even the area – where several shootings have already been recorded in recent years – various troops from 061 moved, who found a 25 -year -old man injured inside a bar, where he had taken refuge after being reached in one of his legs. After a first attention, the toilets transferred him in ambulance to the Costa del Sol Hospital, where he was admitted and has finally lost his life.
Different local police patrols of Marbella and National Police also arrived at the scene, which has taken care of the investigation. Several agents of the Scientific Police have recognized the place of the events, which has remained cordoned off during the afternoon. The agents have organized a quick device to locate the car in which the alleged author of the shots tried to escape. And, a little later, they managed to locate and arrest it, as reported by police sources, who stress that it is a 38 -year -old Swedish male. Although the investigation has just started, the main hypothesis is a new adjustment of accounts between drug bands based on the Costa del Sol.
This Thursday, the National Police commissioner in Marbella, José Manuel Rando, recognized the existence of “some isolated episodes of use of a firearm on public roads” in his speech during the acts in the city to commemorate the pattern of the security body. “Prevention of such behaviors and the deterrence of its commission is a priority police objective, ”he said,
“But if such facts occur that they alter the peaceful coexistence with serious danger for people, they will be answered without delay, with zero tolerance from the National Police and their specialized units, with forcefulness and immediacy. And the authors will be immediately identified, persecuted where they are and in their case detained and made available to the judicial authority,” said who positively valued the so -called Costa del Sol Plan in spring of 2024 to reinforce security before the wave of shootings that then ravaged the Malaga coast. “It has been really effective, causing the active police presence and a considerable improvement of the objective and subjective security of the city,” he said.
