The victim was at a kiosk inside the Playa Flamenca Sport Club when the attacker arrived and opened fire, regional newspaper Información reported. The shooting happened shortly before 13:00 on 10 November at the leisure complex in Orihuela Costa, within the municipality of Orihuela in Alicante. The site has padel courts and mini-golf, as well as bars. Restaurants and a children’s area are also on site.
According to Levante, the victim was a 39-year-old Albanian man. Witnesses saw the attacker flee on a scooter. The Guardia Civil was searching for him. The investigation began after the Policía Local de Orihuela alerted the Guardia Civil. Forensic officers examined the complex. Investigators were considering a possible settling-of-scores motive.
Health sources said the emergency coordination centre CICU dispatched a SAMU ambulance to Orihuela after receiving the alert. The medical team confirmed the man’s death at the scene. Health sources did not know the age given in Levante’s account. Judicial authorities were notified, and the victim’s body was to be transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Alicante after authorization. Información reported that an autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.
This was a separate case from the fatal accidental hunting shooting in Cantabria covered in an earlier report.
