MEXICO CITY — At least nine people were killed in central Mexico as gunmen opened fire at a wake late Thursday, the local authorities reported, with images on social media showing bloody bodies strewn near a coffin and people who had collapsed on the street. The shooting took place outside a private home in the city of Celaya in Guanajuato State, according to the local authorities, who said one wounded person had been taken to a hospital. Some local media outlets reported that the death toll could be as high as 13. Security forces were searching for those responsible, according to the Secretariat of Citizen Security, a local agency in Celaya. Rapid gunfire could be heard in videos on social media that appeared to have been recorded at the scene.

Source: New York Times January 08, 2021 06:31 UTC