At Least 5 People Killed, 2 Injured in Nightclub in Mexican State of Guerrero

At least five people were shot dead, two injured by an unknown armed group in a nightclub in Mexican city of Zumpango del Rio in Guerrero state, local media reported on Monday citing the police.

MEXICO (Sputnik) — According to the police, cited by Mexican SDPnoticias newspaper, unknown gunmen broke into a nightclub on Monday night and opened fire on the visitors of the club. The attack claimed lives of five men, injuring another two women.

According to another version, the gunmen were chasing males, trying to hide inside the nightclub.

The Guerrero state has one of Mexico's highest crime rates. Forty three students disappeared in Mexico’s Guerrero state in September, 2014. They were abducted and killed after participating in a protest against discriminatory hiring and funding practices in the city of Iguala.