Twelve people have been killed by unidentified shooters in the city of Irapuato, authorities in Guanajuato, Mexico, reported on Sunday.
“Security personnel immediately moved to the scene, where paramedics treated three injured people and confirmed the deaths of six men and six women,” the city government said in a statement posted on Twitter.
The statement further said that search efforts for the perpetrators are still under way.
This incident occurred less than a month after a shooting that left 18 people dead in southwest Mexico.
According to local sources quoted by BNO News, the gunmen opened fire at the municipal hall in the state of Guerrero, killing more than a dozen people, including the mayor.
San Miguel Totolapan City is where this shooting took place, and pictures of it circulated on Twitter.
“Among the more than 20 dead, they confirm a minor under 12 years of age in San Miguel Totolapan. Guerrero #Mexico #Violencia In the centre of the city, in front of the Town Hall, rides were being set up for the fair,” a Mexican journalist Jacob Morales A said in a tweet.
The death of Conrado Mendoza Almeda, mayor of San Miguel Totolapan, was sincerely grieved by Guerrero State Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda.
The shooting incident is the latest in the series of attack which has rattled Mexico in recent weeks.