Violence on the Costa del Sol: Double Assassination Sparks Hope of an End to Feuding Families. A shocking double assassination on the Spanish coast has brought an eerie silence to a long-running feud between the Lyons and the Daniels, two Scottish families embroiled in a cycle of violence and retribution. On a warm evening last June, Eddie Lyons Jr and his friend Ross Monaghan were brutally murdered outside a bar in Fuengirola, with the killer targeting Lyons at point-blank range. However, the fact that the crimes have not been definitively linked to a suspect or a motive raises questions about whether this tragic event will truly bring an end to the bloodshed, or simply mark a temporary lull in the ongoing conflict.
The double assassination of two Scots in the Costa del Sol may have ended the war between the Lyons and the Daniels – but the crimes haven’t gone awayIt was a warm evening in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol last year when two Scottish men met a violent end.The punters of Monaghans seafront bar had barely finished watching the Nations League final on 8 June when a car pulled up outside. A masked gunman emerged and headed to the table of 46-year-old Eddie Lyons Jr, shooting him at point-blank range. The assassin turned the gun on Lyons’ friend, the bar’s owner Ross Monaghan, 43, but it jammed. Continue reading...