‘We heard 10 gunshots… everyone dropped to the floor’: Tourists’ panic as gunman opens fire on Mexican nightclub killing up to eight and leaving dead bodies lying in the street – including a Canadian festival organizer
A gunman fired shots through an open window at the Blue Parrot club in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, just before 3am local time on Monday
Four men were shot to death and one woman died in a fall during a stampede
Another 15 people were wounded, and one of them was in very serious condition
The club was one of several venues hosting events as part of the BPM festival
Many British and American tourists are believed to have been at the club
Three of the dead – which included three festival security guards – are foreigners
Local news reports suggest that the shooting came after a ‘disagreement’ and is connected to ongoing drug cartel wars in the area
By KELLY MCLAUGHLIN
DailyMail.com
16 January 2017
At least five people – including two Canadians, an Italian and a Colombian – are dead after a shooting in a Mexican nightclub on the final night of the BPM music festival.
Miguel Angel Pech, the attorney general of Quintana Roo state, said the shooting occurred about 2.30am on Monday at the Blue Parrot nightclub, one of the BPM Festival’s venues in Playa del Carmen, just south of Cancun.
Pech said a lone gunman apparently entered the nightclub and began to exchange fire with another person inside. Festival security personnel tried to stop the shooting and came under fire. Pech said it was not any kind of terrorist attack.
But the shooting apparently caused a rush of people heading for the exits at the beach-side club, and the lone female victim was apparently killed during the stampede.
Pech said 15 people were injured, one seriously. He said five of the injured had been treated for less serious injuries at local hospitals and released.
He said three people had been detained nearby, but it was unclear if they had been involved in the shooting.
London-based promoter Elrow was hosting a closing ‘This Is The End’ party at the Blue Parrot when the shooting occurred, and it is believed that many attendees at the event were British and American tourists.
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