13 killed in Mexico as gunmen storm high school party
February 02, 2010 00:00:00
MEXICO CITY, Feb 1 (Xinhua): Thirteen people were killed and 17 others wounded Sunday as gunmen stormed a high school party in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican town bordering the United States.
Chihuahua's Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that the attack occurred about 01:30 a.m. local time (0730 GMT) Sunday, inside a house in Ciudad Juarez, 1,800 km north of Mexico City.
The office also said that there were some 60 people at the party, mostly adolescent students. Some 20 armed men entered the house and shot at them before escaping the crime scene in seven vehicles.
Doctors treating the injured said 11 people were killed on the spot and two others died at hospital due to the grave condition of their wounds.