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Warrant issued for O'Neill shooting suspect

John O'Neill - Shot dead outside bar
John O'Neill - Shot dead outside bar

A Spanish judge has issued an international arrest warrant for an English man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of 40-year-old John O'Neill on the Costa del Sol.

Mr O'Neill, who was in Spain with his family for a friend's wedding, was shot following an altercation at a bar in the resort of Benalmadena.

Mr O'Neill's family said yesterday he was not involved in the row and died because he got in the way of the gunfire.

It is understood the suspect is wanted in Britain in connection with a kidnapping.

He is believed to have fled the resort with his wife immediately after the shooting.