AN IRISHMAN is being treated with serious injuries in hospital after gunshots were fired into a crowd at a Costa del Sol beach club.
The 32-year-old man was rushed to hospital after being shot in the chest during the drama in the early hours of this morning after violence erupted at the Opium Beach Club in Marbella.
Police sources confirmed an Irish national was among four people taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.
They include a woman who was seen lying apparently lifeless on the floor at the popular beachfront venue just outside Marbella town centre. However, police said today that they are not aware of any deaths having occurred, despite early unconfirmed local reports suggesting that one person had died.
A Dutch national has been arrested, who has reportedly suffered stab wounds to his head and chest after firing his weapon.
A spokesman for Spain’s National Police in Malaga said:
“Two of the victims, a man who is Irish and a woman, are in intensive care in hospital. “The suspected gunman is still in hospital.”
A spokesman for Spain’s National Police said: “With regards to the shooting incident at Opium in Marbella we can confirm that five people were injured. Four have suffered gunshot wounds, one of whom is in a serious condition. A person who is the suspected gunman has suffered stab wounds to the chest and head. He has been arrested and is under police custody. The police investigation is ongoing.”
The shooting is believed to have occurred during a fight between two groups of nightclub goers in a VIP area of the beach club. It’s understood that this occurred after a man was thrown out moments earlier by bouncers and later returned.
