12 shot dead in Mexico bar attack in the gang-plagued state


Mexico City: In a tragic incident, at least 12 people were killed while three others sustained injuries after unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in the central Mexican city of Irapuato on Saturday, shooting dead six women and six men.
As per details, three people were injured in the attack, the city government said in a statement, adding that security officials were trying to track down the assailants.
The motive behind the shooting was not immediately clear.
An initial statement by the city had put the death toll at 11.
Guanajuato, a major manufacturing hub and production site for many of the world’s top carmakers, has been convulsed in recent years by brutal turf wars between rival drug gangs.
On September 21, gunmen shot dead 10 people in an attack at a bar in the Guanajuato town of Tarimoro.
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