A MAN has been shot dead at a popular Costa Blanca sports club by a hitman who escaped on an electric scooter.
The 39-year-old victim, of Albanian origin, was targeted at the Playa Flamenca Sport Club in Orihuela Costa late this morning.
He was at a kiosk on the terrace of the complex’s bar when the attacker arrived and opened fire.
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The victim was unable to defend himself from the fatal shots, according to local reports.
Witnesses told police the assassin then made his getaway on an electric scooter.
Officers from the Policia Local and the Guardia Civil rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised.
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Paramedics also attended, but could do nothing to save the man and pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Guardia Civil has launched an investigation into the brazen attack, which is being treated as a ‘settling of scores’.
Forensic officers have been combing the padel and mini-golf centre for evidence.
The victim’s body is due to be transferred to the Legal Medicine Institute in Alicante, where an autopsy will be carried out tomorrow.
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