Alex Trelinski
AN IRISH man, 21, was shot in the head inside a property close to the Zenia Boulevard Shopping Centre on the Orihuela Costa.
The injured man went into the street to summon help as the assailants fled.
Two men- also Irish- have been arrested by the Guardia Civil following the incident on the evening of May 13.
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The victim remains in a critical condition at the Elche General Hospital ICU after initially being admitted to Torrevieja Hospital but indications are that he will recover.
The Guardia Civil confirmed that two men- aged aged 27 and 47- were detained for an alleged crime of attempted homicide.
They were arrested in Pilar de la Horadada and the Orihuela Costa, plus a home search was carried out.
An Orihuela court has remanded the man who fired the gun into custody while the other detainee was bailed on a charge of ‘assisting after the event’.
He has been ordered to remain in the country and has had his passport taken away.
The Guardia Civil took statements and analysed evidence including making inquiries about the victim.
Officers found a bag dumped in a field not far from the property where the shooting occurred.
It contained a gun wrapped in a towel, along with ammunition and the victim’s mobile phone.
No motive for the attack has so far been disclosed by the Guardia.
