Spain holiday horror: Man shot dead near Marbella in third killing at tourist hotspot

The latest incident occurred around 8pm last night near a campsite in Cabopino near Marbella. The suspected getaway car – a rental Renault Megane – was later found burnt out near the scene. The dead man is believed to be a French national. On November 22 Peter Andrew Williamson, 39, from Salford, Greater Manchester, was killed as he parked outside his luxury villa in Riviera del Sol near Fuengirola after returning from the gym.

He died instantly from one of the seven bullets fired at him which hit him in the heart.

Mr Williamson was gunned down in a residential street in hills above the Med on the north side of the AP-7 motorway running along the Costa del Sol.

He was sitting in his UK-plated two-seater Audi when he was targeted outside his large detached home.

Spanish business records show Mr Williamson, believed to have been shot from another vehicle that drew up beside him before speeding from the scene, was registered as a self-employed agricultural sector intermediary specialising in “international trade.”

No arrests have yet been made. Police aré understood to be focusing on the theory the Brit expat’s murder may have been drugs-related although his family has insisted he had nothing to do with drugs.

On November 16 a man believed to be of Arabic origin was shot on a residential estate near Marbella.

A Spanish National Police spokesman confirmed after yesterday’s fatal shooting: “The Spanish National Police are investigating the shooting of a person, a man aged 45 to 50.

“The incident occurred in a car park in Cabopino. There have been no arrests as yet.”

In January a millionaire businessman who was close to the stars of reality TV series TOWIE and partied with the likes of Mohamed Al Fayed, was shot dead outside his luxury Costa del Sol home.

Marco Yaqout was gunned down in the early hours of January 21 as he drove into his garage in his trademark UK-plated Bentley.

His killer was waiting for him outside his villa on a quiet residential street in an upmarket neighbourhood in San Pedro de Alcantara near Marbella called Las Petunias.

English-speaking entrepreneur Marco was described at the time of his murder as the owner of at least five-well-known nightspots in Puerto Banus, including the TOWIE favourite TIBU, and Linekers.

The string of violent incidents on the Costa del Sol in recent times have included two attacks on Brits, the shooting of a Dutchman in a sushi restaurant in the popular resort of Benalmadena and the machine-gun murder of a Frenchman outside his home in Marbella.

source: express.co.uk