A MAN was brutally gunned down while smoking outside a cafe during a shocking attack at a luxury Spanish resort.
Brit holidaymakers watched on in horror as the 25-year-old was gunned down in Puerto Banus on the popular Costa del Sol yesterday.
The 25-year-old victim was gunned down while smoking at a cafe[/caption]
Emergency crews rushed to the cafe at around 1.30pm yesterday[/caption]
A 38-year-old man, believed to be from Sweden, has been arrested[/caption]
The victim was caught unawares and shot from close range in broad daylight as he spoke on the phone and smoked on the cafe terrace.
CCTV footage seemingly shows the gunman disguised as a tourist with a baseball cap.
The killer is believed to have got out of a car before targeting his victim.
He can be seen approaching his target before opening fire and continuing to shoot him as he lays on the ground.
The injured man was rushed to the nearby Costa del Sol Hospital, but sadly died hours later despite the efforts of medics to save his life.
Local cops confirmed last night they had made an arrest.
A spokesman for the National Police said: “We can confirm a 38-year-old man has been arrested over the fatal shooting of another man in Puerto Banus.
“The investigation is ongoing and we cannot offer any more details at this stage.”
Cops said they couldn’t comment on the nationalities of the victim and the man held.
Unconfirmed local reports are pointing to both the alleged killer and the victim being Swedish passport holders.
Although another report describes the gunman as Afghan-born.
The shooting happened just after 1.30pm yesterday, when Puerto Banus was bustling with tourists.
Police confirmed the victim died at around 8.15pm local time.
This follows earlier reports he had been shot half a dozen times but was still alive and in hospital.
Shootings in Puerto Banus and surrounding areas over the past few summers have led to high-profile police operations.
This includes a number of raids on upmarket clubs following criticism from locals the port area has become like the ‘Wild West’.
Last June, Manchester City star Erling Haaland was caught up in a dramatic police raid at a beach club called Playa Padre in Marbella.
The Norwegian was filmed putting his hands into his pocket to pull out his ID after cops in balaclavas demanded to know who he was.
The surprise raid resulted in the arrest of an Iranian fugitive.
One of the shootings last year in Puerto Banus included a March 11 attack on British-run eatery La Sala.
Police confirmed the victim died at around 8.15pm[/caption]
Locals claim the luxurious port area has become like the ‘Wild West’[/caption]
Shootings in Puerto Banus and surrounding areas over the past few summers have led to high-profile police operations[/caption]
It led to the arrests in April of a British man and Irish national described by police as having links to organised crime.
Contract killers from Sweden have been blamed for an bout of violence around Europe, including the Costa del Sol.
Marbella has been dubbed the ‘United Nations of Crime’ because of the number of violent gangs operating there.
Bomb blasts on the famous coast in October 2018 led to the arrests of three ‘hitmen’ in Sweden and Marbella.
In a statement, Spanish National Police revealed the blasts had been linked to a criminal organistion of contract killers.
It read: “The investigations… linked the incidents to a criminal organisation of contract killers based in Sweden.
“This organisation is believed to be behind a number of violent incidents in Sweden in which explosives have been used.
“Several members of the organisation, all aged between 20 and 30, were identified and evidence established linking them to the bomb blasts.
“Two were in the Swedish city of Malmo where they were arrested in a well-planned police operation.
“The third individual was held in Marbella.”
The so-called Mocro Maffia have also been identified as a problem on the Costa del Sol.
A 17-year-old Belgian youngster working for the feared organisation was arrested last month.
The teen was accused of flying to the resort of Fuengirola to assassinate a Dutchman next to a cannabis club in December last year.
Police have described it as the first case in Spain in which an underage hitman was the main suspect.
Kerry Katona claimed she had U-turned on a decision to move to the famous Costa del Sol resort with her family.
She changed her mind on moving with then-fiancé Ryan Mahoney because she no longer felt safe following the violent incidents there.
The victim sadly died hours after he was shot during the broad daylight attack[/caption]
