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Eight killed at graduation party in shooting in El Salvador
Source: Reuters
Eight killed at graduation party in shooting in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR Tue Nov 25, 2014 4:00pm EST
(Reuters) - Suspected gang members in El Salvador shot dead seven men and a woman early on Tuesday during a middle school graduation party in Pacific seaport town of Acajutla, police said.
At least four suspected members of local street gangs known as Maras broke into a house in Acajutla, about 52 miles (84 km) southwest of the capital San Salvador, and opened fire on the group without warning, police said.
"This is the most serious incident reported this year," the country's police chief Mauricio Ramirez told reporters.
Among the seven dead men was Cristian Romero, a gang member wanted for murder, authorities said.
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SAN SALVADOR Tue Nov 25, 2014 4:00pm EST
(Reuters) - Suspected gang members in El Salvador shot dead seven men and a woman early on Tuesday during a middle school graduation party in Pacific seaport town of Acajutla, police said.
At least four suspected members of local street gangs known as Maras broke into a house in Acajutla, about 52 miles (84 km) southwest of the capital San Salvador, and opened fire on the group without warning, police said.
"This is the most serious incident reported this year," the country's police chief Mauricio Ramirez told reporters.
Among the seven dead men was Cristian Romero, a gang member wanted for murder, authorities said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/25/us-elsalvador-violence-idUSKCN0J92AS20141125