At least 11 people shot dead by armed group in Mexico


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  • Wednesday, 25 May 2022

MEXICO CITY, May 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 people were shot dead Monday night by an armed group in Celaya in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, local authorities said Tuesday.

The Celaya secretariat of citizen security explained to Xinhua that the armed civilian commando shot up and set fire to two bars and a hotel in the town, leaving seven women and three men dead, while another person died on Tuesday in hospital.

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