8 Reported Killed in Southern Mexico Gunbattle

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS APRIL 30, 2015, 11:08 P.M. E.D.T.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say two state police officers and six other people are dead following a gunfight in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero.

State prosecutors spokesman Randy Suastegui says gunmen fired on state police who were responding to a reported kidnapping Thursday afternoon near Ometepec.

Suastegui says the police encountered the suspected kidnappers on the highway and pursued them around 1:30 p.m.

It is not immediately clear what happened to the kidnap victim.

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