6 killed in shooting near kindergarten in Mexico

May. 14, 2010 04:12 PM
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY - Gunmen killed six men Friday and wounded two more in a drive-by shooting near a kindergarten in a northern Mexico region besieged by drug gang battles.

Gunmen in a car opened fire on a van carrying eight men, Chihuahua state prosecutors' spokesman Arturo Sandoval said. Investigators said more than 100 shots were fired at the scene, on a highway in Loma Blanca, a small town outside the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Dozens of children were outside the nearby school for recess. The children panicked but no one was hurt

Towns outside Ciudad Juarez, which sits across from El Paso, Texas, have been terrorized by shootings and torching of homes. Many residents have fled, often heading across the border into the U.S.

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