New Delhi: Twelve people were killed in a shooting attack in a bar in the city of Irapuato, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato. This is the second mass shooting in the state in less than a month.
News agency AFP reported that the local authorities "confirmed the death of six men and six women". Three people were injured in the attack in the south of Irapuato, the city government said in a statement that did not specify the identity of the attackers or their motives.
Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in the central Mexican city of Irapuato on Saturday evening, news agency Reuters reported. Security officials were trying to track down the assailants, the city government's statement mentioned.
Earlier this month, at least 18 people were killed and three others injured in a shooting incident in southwest Mexico.
The gunmen opened fire at city hall in the state of Guerrero in an incident that appears to be linked to organised crime, killing more than a dozen people including the city mayor, BNO News reported citing local officials.
This shooting incident took place in San Miguel Totolapan city.
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"Among the more than 20 dead, they confirm a minor under 12 years of age in San Miguel Totolapan. Guerrero Mexico Violencia In the centre of the city, in front of the Town Hall, rides were being set up for the fair," a Mexican journalist Jacob Morales A said in a tweet, as quoted by news agency ANI.
The shooting incident is the latest in the series of attacks that has rattled Mexico in recent weeks.