Irishman shot dead in Majorca in gangland hit

An Irishman was shot dead outside a supermarket in Majorca last night.

The victim, a man believed to be aged in his 30s, is understood to have been shot a number of times in what is thought to have been a gangland attack in Santa Ponsa in Costa de la Calma shortly after 9pm.

Local reports suggested three young masked men fired from behind the victim hitting him in the back.