Nine killed in Ecuador mass shooting

AT LEAST nine people were shot dead at the weekend while playing pool in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the country’s prosecutor's office said.

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A group of armed men opened fire on several people at a bar in a working-class neighbourhood of General Villamil Playas, a coastal city in the southern Guayas province and destination for local tourists.

The Ecuadorian prosecutor's office said on X that “armed individuals entered the establishment and shot at those present.”

Viral images on social media showed at least nine bloodied bodies lying on the floor around several pool tables.

Local media reports said the attackers were armed with automatic rifles.