RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — At least 14 people were killed in an early Saturday shootout at a nightclub in Fortaleza, in northeastern Brazil, officials said. “We can confirm 14 deaths,” Andre Costa, security secretary for the state of Ceara — of which Fortaleza is the capital — told a press conference. Local newspaper O Povo reporter eight women and six men were killed. Local media reported that the shootout was a clash between members of two rival drug trafficking gangs. Last year there was a record 5,114 murders in the state of Ceara, a 50 percent rise from 2016.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 27, 2018 23:37 UTC