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Five people were killed and eight others injured including a foreigner when a gunmen dressed as mariachi musicians opened fire in Mexico City’s famed Plaza Garibaldi, officials said on Saturday.
The five assailants opened fire with rifles and handguns shortly before 10:00 pm Friday (0300 GMT Saturday) as the downtown plaza was filled with partiers enjoying the September 16 Independence Day weekend celebrations.
Investigators later found 60 empty bullet casings on the ground. “There are five people who have died in the Plaza Garibaldi incident. Three men died at the scene and two women while in hospital,” a prosecutors’ statement said, further revising a death toll initially given as three, and then four.