A SWEDISH rapper has been named as the victim of a fatal broad-daylight shooting in the Costa del Sol.
Hamko, real name Hamza Karimi, 25, was smoking a cigarette outside a café when a gunman strolled from a van and blasted him at close range.
SolarpixHamza Karimi, 25, was killed in the shooting last week[/caption]
SolarPixA gunman emerged from behind a black vehicle[/caption]
Police say they are investigating the possibility his killing was an execution linked with organised crime on the island.
He has been described as a former friend of another Swedish rapper, Einar, who was shot dead near Stockholm a week before he was scheduled to testify in a trial over his gunpoint 2020 kidnapping.
The pair are said to have fallen out shortly before Einar’s death.
A security camera captured the sequence of events which unfolded in Puerto Banus.
Footage shows a man in a baseball cap strolling out from behind a black van, possibly disguised as a tourist, and grabbing a gun from behind him.
He strolls over to the cafe terrace and blasts his victim, who had been standing smoking unawares, from close range.
Hamza, wearing a blue t-shirt, tucks and rolls in a desperate attempt to escape his ambusher.
But the assassin coldly walks along and fires off multiple further rounds at Hamza on the floor.
More than ten shots were fired, seven of which hit him.
He picked a moment when the terrace was otherwise empty, but several tourists heard the shots ring out and dived for cover.
Hamza was rushed to a nearby hospital, but died hours later despite the efforts of medics to save his life.
Police confirmed a 38-year-old man, believed to be a Swedish passport holder and described locally as being of Afghan origin, had been arrested near the scene.
He was caught after witnesses recorded the number plate of his getaway vehicle and lockdown police roadblocks were set up.
Every available officer in the area was scrambled to the capture mission, coined Operation Cage.
The Udyco unit against drugs and organised crime on the Costa del Sol has taken charge of the investigations.
A spokesman for the National Police said: “We can confirm a 38-year-old man has been arrested over the fatal shooting of another man in Puerto Banus.“
Shootings in Puerto Banus and surrounding areas over the past few summers have led to high-profile police operations.
This includes a number of raids on upmarket clubs following criticism from locals the port area has become like the ‘Wild West’.
SolarpixHamza has been described as a former friend of another Swedish rapper,[/caption]