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Gunmen kill patient, two police in Mexican hospital

By AFP
November 05, 2024
A representational image shows a police tape at a crime scene. — AFP/File
 A representational image shows a police tape at a crime scene. — AFP/File

PUEBLA, Mexico: Gunmen stormed a hospital in Mexico on Monday to attack a man recovering from a gunshot wound, killing him and two police officers, authorities said.

The attackers shot the man more than 10 times in the central town of Atlixco, then killed police who tried to stop them fleeing, the public security secretariat in Puebla state said. “The victim initially entered the hospital early on Sunday morning on his own, since he had been injured by a gunshot wound at a gathering,” Puebla security secretary Daniel Ivan Cruz told a news conference.