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Related: About this forumAt least five dead, 15 hurt in shooting at Mexico's BPM music festival
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Mon Jan 16, 2017 | 1:18pm EST
At least five dead, 15 hurt in shooting at Mexico's BPM music festival
By Gabriel Stargardter | MEXICO CITY
At least five people, including four foreigners, were killed and 15 were wounded early on Monday when a shooter opened fire at a nightclub in Mexico's Playa del Carmen resort during the BPM electronic music festival, state officials said.
Quintana Roo State Attorney General Miguel Angel Pech told a press conference that two Canadians, an Italian and a Colombian were killed. A woman died in the stampede to exit the club.
The Canadian government confirmed that one of its citizens had died and said it was investigating the reports of a second Canadian death.
Pech said the incident began when a person entered the Blue Parrot nightclub armed around 3.00 a.m. on Monday morning, during the closing of the festival. Another person tried to stop the person, sparking a gunfight that drew in security staff.
The shooting represents a major blow to Mexico's tourism industry, which has been one of the few bright spots in the economy thanks to a weak peso exchange rate.
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At least five dead, 15 hurt in shooting at Mexico's BPM music festival
By Gabriel Stargardter | MEXICO CITY
At least five people, including four foreigners, were killed and 15 were wounded early on Monday when a shooter opened fire at a nightclub in Mexico's Playa del Carmen resort during the BPM electronic music festival, state officials said.
Quintana Roo State Attorney General Miguel Angel Pech told a press conference that two Canadians, an Italian and a Colombian were killed. A woman died in the stampede to exit the club.
The Canadian government confirmed that one of its citizens had died and said it was investigating the reports of a second Canadian death.
Pech said the incident began when a person entered the Blue Parrot nightclub armed around 3.00 a.m. on Monday morning, during the closing of the festival. Another person tried to stop the person, sparking a gunfight that drew in security staff.
The shooting represents a major blow to Mexico's tourism industry, which has been one of the few bright spots in the economy thanks to a weak peso exchange rate.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence-bpm-idUSKBN1501LE
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At least five dead, 15 hurt in shooting at Mexico's BPM music festival (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2017
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angstlessk
(11,862 posts)1. Five dead and they worry about tourism?
I think they should worry about killers..
pe
And as I type shit happens
2naSalit
(86,508 posts)2. Two of my
best friends - adopted family actually - are vacationing in that area, and they have Canadian Passports.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)3. They might lose some cruise ship business over this