19 July 2023 , 08:30
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This is the terrifying moment tourists run for their lives as a gunman appears from nowhere and opens fire towards a packed restaurant in the Costa del Sol.
Police were last night said to be hunting at least two people including a man who appeared to have used a sub-machine gun following the dramatic incident at the holiday resort of Puerto Banus.
The moments leading up to the shooting showed two bare-chested men who looked like tourists making a run for it before the gunman, thought to have got out of a car an accomplice was driving before they made their getaway, appeared on the scene.
Local reports said three shots were heard ringing out.
The dramatic events unfolded at around 6pm in the vicinity of the Cristamar shopping centre - home to shops, offices, and restaurants, in the heart of Puerto Banus which at this time of the year is thronging with tourists from the UK and Ireland.
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A gunman fires towards a restaurant in the holiday resort of Puerto Banus (SOLARPIX.COM)
People were seen running from the scene after shots were fired (SOLARPIX.COM)The shots are said to have been fired into an eatery which has not been named.
Miraculously no-one was injured. There are no reports of any arrests so far.
Unconfirmed reports say the getaway vehicle used in the shooting may be a BMW which was found gutted nearby.
Investigators are understood to be trying to determine whether it was set alight deliberately and caused a wildfire which emergency responders were called to put out around 7.30pm on Tuesday.
Police on the scene as their investigation begins (SOLARPIX.COM)
Investigators are understood to be trying to determine whether the car was set alight deliberately (SOLARPIX.COM)Police in Marbella, the nearest town to Puerto Banus, have yet to make any official comment but sources said last night no arrests had yet been made and an investigation into the shooting was ongoing.
They did not confirm initial local reports the gunman fired at unidentified targets sitting on the terrace of an eatery, although it has been confirmed the shooting happened in the vicinity of the Cristamar shopping centre.
The fire emergency responders were called to tackle, which is being linked locally to the apparent deliberate setting-alight of a getaway vehicle thought to have been used after the shooting, started shortly after the incident.