2 Sep, 2020 @ 13:18
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Young man shot in leg and buttocks found on San Pedro beach in Spain’s Marbella

Policia Nacional

A MAN has been rushed to hospital after being found with two bullet wounds on San Pedro beach.

The 25-year-old was found lying in a field between two chiringuitos on La Gitana beach after being shot once in the leg and once in the buttocks.

The young victim was rushed to hospital where he is reportedly recovering well from his injuries.

Policia Nacional have taken over the investigation and are working with the theory that the shooting was related to a personal quarrel.

The man, of Ecuadorian origin, was found after 9:30pm last night.

A link to drug trafficking has so far been ruled out.

It comes after the first settling of accounts following the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown was recorded in Marbella more than a month ago.

A 27-year-old Brit arrived at the Hospital Costa del Sol with four shots to his legs but refused to cooperate with police.

He claimed he had been attacked by a Moroccan gang who robbed his watch before shooting him, but investigators believed the attack was a warning from a criminal gang.

Their theory would ring true when three gang members were arrested a month later.

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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