A British man has reportedly died in Malaga, Spain, after being shot at by police.

The man, who has not been publicly identified, died in the town of Estepona on Monday.

Police were quoted as saying that the man shot at officers as they were trying to arrest him.

"Officers came under fire when they went to arrest him and were obliged to use their weapons to repel the attack, resulting in the death of the gunman," a spokesman for Spain's National Police said in a statement, printed by the Daily Mirror.

"Two firearms and four cartridges he used to try to resist arrest were found next to the body of this British man."


According to Spanish news agency EFE, the man had fired several times at agents of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policia.

The agency added that the victim had a record for drug dealing and gun possession.