Some 30 gunmen stormed a northern Mexican drug rehabilitation centre and opened fire, killing 19 people and wounding four others, the police said on Friday.
The rampage took place in the northern city of Chihuahua near midnight Thursday, officials said, “when more than 30 gunmen arrived aboard six trucks.”
The gunmen climbed to the second floor of the Templo Cristiano Fe y Vida (Christian Faith and Life Temple) and fired large-calibre weapons at patients and employees before fleeing.
Chihuahua is the scene of a bloody struggle between drug cartels fighting for control of the lucrative trade. Authorities say rehab centres are often targeted by the cartels because they are used by individuals selling small quantities of drugs and as a refuge from violence.
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Japan’s kite-shaped solar space yacht starts sailing
Tokyo, June 11: Japan said on Friday its kite-shaped “space yacht”, designed to float through space using only the power of the sun, successfully started sailing with solar power generation.
A Japanese rocket in May launched the experimental “Ikaros” (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun) designed to be propelled by the pressure of sunlight particles. —AFP