TWO German men died and another was injured after trying to evict two Polish squatters from a Costa Blanca villa.
The squatters then spent 20 hours in a stand-off with police at the property on the San Jose urbanisation at El Pinet, La Marina- an area occupied by mainly non-Spanish residents.
The Guardia Civil negotiated with the duo to get them to surrender before moving in to arrest them at around 2pm on Tuesday.
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A native Polish speaker acted as translator- talking to them via a megaphone.
The men were said to be ‘known’ to authorities and were not believed to be armed.
The drama unfolded at around 6pm on Monday when three people arrived allegedly to evict the squatters.
The trio were said to be friends of the German home owner who asked them to check out whether his villa had been illegally occupied.
A fight broke out and two German nationals were beaten to death while a third person was taken to hospital in Elche.
A resident in a car called emergency services after hearing a commotion and spotted a man trying to put two bodies into a vehicle trunk.
He changed his mind and dumped the corpses onto the pavement before returning to the villa.
The witness told police that she feared for her life and was convinced that the aggressors were after her.
The Guardia Civil plus Elche Policia Local officers attended the scene and set up a cordon.
The two bodies were removed at around 10pm.
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