13 Dec, 2019 @ 12:26
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Spike in street brawls and violence sees three shootings in less than a week in British expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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Policia Nacional are heading up the latest shooting

A COSTA del Sol neighbourhood has reported three shootings in less than a week.

Police were called to Las Flores, in Fuengirola, for the third time last night after residents heard several shots being fired in calle Bartolome Espejo.

Investigators arrived to see two individuals dressed in dark clothes fleeing the scene before discovering four bullet casings on the ground.

It comes after police were called to the area with similar reports on two previous occasions this week.

Sunday saw a massive brawl of more than 30 people before residents heard a succession of gunshots.

Police later found large knives and sticks at the scene.

Just 24 hours later, the fight continued in the same area, with shots fired yet again.

Residents would only have a couple of days of peace before the violence erupted again last night.

Policia Nacional have taken over the investigation.

Do you live in Las Flores? Is the spike in violence affecting you? Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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