SAO PAULO — Gunmen barged into a party and shot dead “a large number of people” in northeastern Brazil on Saturday, police said. He did not provide more details nor confirm the number of dead and injured. Local press news media quote Public Security chief Andre Costa as saying that 14 people were killed and six injured. Repeated calls to the press offices of the Public Security and police departments went unanswered. The police officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Source: National Post January 27, 2018 15:11 UTC