16 Mar, 2024 @ 11:57
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New shooting in Marbella: Reveller, 20, is shot inside a bar in Puerto Banus in front of shocked British tourists

A 20-YEAR-OLD man is in hospital today following a shooting inside a bar in Marbella in the early hours of this morning.

The unnamed victim is being treated at the Hosptial Clinico de Malaga after undergoing emergency surgery on his knee.

The youth was shot at at around 1.30am while enjoying a night out in Puerto Banus.

Dramatic scenes in Banus last night (CREDIT: Instagram: Marbellasequeja)

According to witnesses, there were around 15 shots fired outside a popular shisha bar near the main entrance to the port.

In one video of the aftermath shared online by a British tourist, the caption reads: “A f*****g shooting pal!”

The shocking attack comes just days after another shooting, also in Puerto Banus, by a roundabout near the popular La Sala restaurant.

In that incident, two men on a motorbike and wearing helmets pulled up and opened fire at a yet unknown target.

Do you know more about last night’s incident in Banus? Contact tips@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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