Deadly gunfire broke out in the crowded beachfront nightclub throbbing with electronic music before dawn on Monday, setting off a bloody stamped by screaming concertgoers at an international festival in this Caribbean resort. Concerns that violence may be creeping into Playa del Carmen were voiced as people attended a Monday evening vigil in front of the Blue Parrot nightclub, where five people died and 15 were wounded or injured in the chaos before dawn. “This is a sign of what has been happening,” said Lenin Amaro, a local business owner and politician. Three of those killed were part of the security detail at the 10-day BPM electronic music festival, Pech said. One man who was inside the club said he hid in a storeroom with four others until the shooting stopped.

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2017 02:33 UTC