A group of armed men opened fire in front of a nightclub in a rural commune in the southwest of the country.
Eight people died this Sunday, August 10, after a group of armed men opened fire in front of a nightclub in a rural commune in the southwest of the equator, police announced.
The attackers arrived on the scene aboard two vans and opened fire on a group of people who drank alcohol in the street, in front of the entrance to a nightclub, around 1:15 am local time (7:15 am in France) in the canton of Santa LucÃa, in the province of Guayas.
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The police found “Several people injured and seven corpses” Arriving at the scene, said police colonel Javier Chango during a press conference. An eighth person died when she was treated in a local hospital, he added. Among the fatal victims is a man identified as Jorge Urquizo, brother of the mayor of this municipality of 38,000 inhabitants and owner of the nightclub.
The attackers fled
Police have found nearly 80 shots of nine millimeters and automatic weapons on site. After the attack, the armed men returned to their vehicles and fled by “An unknown road”added the police colonel. In this area, the authorities arrested an armed with a revolver who was moving in a van, but they could not determine if this man had participated in the attack. The police have not yet established the reasons for this massacre.
The town hall of Santa LucÃa broke out in mourning on Sunday. “We unite in sadness and prayer in the face of this violent act which struck our community”wrote the mayor’s office Ubaldo Urquizo on social networks. Guayas is one of the four provinces in which President Daniel Noboa recently renewed the state of emergency for two months, in order to combat the violence of criminal gangs.
