SPINDRIFTTwo Scottish men with links to criminal gangs have been shot dead at a bar in Spain.
BBC Scotland understands they are Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan, who was previously acquitted of a notorious gangland murder.
They both died when a masked gunman opened fire at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola in Andalusia on Saturday evening.
Local media reported the attack took place just after 23:00 when a car pulled up outside the crowded bar. The gunman then fled in the same vehicle.
Ross Monaghan was previously linked to the high-profile killing of one of Glasgow’s most notorious gangland figures – Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll.
Carroll, a notorious enforcer for the Daniel crime family, was shot as he sat in a car outside a supermarket in Robroyston, Glasgow, in 2010.
Monaghan was accused of the murder and of disposing of evidence after the killing, but was later acquitted due to a lack of evidence.
He was him himself shot in the shoulder as he dropped off his daughter at a primary school in Glasgow in 2017.
Eddie Lyons Jnr had also previously been shot and wounded, just days before the murder of Carroll in 2010.
Police Scotland said it was unable to comment on a possible link to a recent gangland feud in Scotland and has directed inquiries to the Spanish authorities.
BBC journalist Guy Hedgecoe said there had been a number similar shootings in the Costa del Sol area in recent weeks, several of which are believed to be connected with drug crime.
Monaghans is located on the seafront and is a popular bar with tourists and expats.
The bar had been screening the UEFA Champions League final on the evening of the attack.
The Foreign Office said it had not been approached for any consular assistance but that its staff stood ready to assist any British nationals if required.
