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A British man has been shot dead on Spain's Costa Blanca, triggering a tightly controlled murder investigation and renewed fears within the expatriate community about organised crime along the ...

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A British man has been shot dead on Spain's Costa Blanca in the latest of a series of violent crimes that have rocked the popular holiday coastline. An Alicante-based Civil Guard specialist homicide ...

British people have been victims of shootings and stabbings in the Costa Blanca in Spain (Picture: Getty Images) A British man has been shot dead on the Costa Blanca in the latest of a series of ...

Police have launched an investigation after a 29-year-old British man was shot dead in Costa Blanca. The man’s body was discovered on 21 December at a housing development in the area of Campoamor, in ...

22:00, Mon, Dec 29, 2025 Updated: 22:00, Mon, Dec 29, 2025 A British man has been shot dead on Spain’s Costa Blanca in the latest of a series of violent crimes that have rocked the popular holiday ...

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A high-profile Zohran Mamdani appointee resigned Thursday after newly unearthed posts revealed a series of antisemitic comments online — including rants about “money hungry Jews” and defunding NYPD ...