A British man is in a critical condition in the Hospital Costa del Sol after being stabbed following an argument in the Océano Beach Hotel & Restaurant on playa de Miraflores in Mijas Costa.
An apparently trivial discussion between two groups of diners at adjacent tables led to the stabbing of a 42 year old British man.
There were two couples at each table, all British nationals, who had arrived at 19:30 are were quite happily dining, drinking large amounts of alcohol and enjoying the entertainment until, at around midnight, an argument began.
The argument ended but, as the groups left, one of the men, believed to be aged between 30 and 40 years, launched a knife attack, stabbing his victim several times before fleeing in a high-powered vehicle.
Police are now trying to identify and locate the alleged assailant. None of the two groups of diners were regulars at the establishment.