Seven adults, two children shot to death in Guatemala jungle
Seven adults, two children shot to death in Guatemala jungle
GUATEMALA CITY Sat Feb 8, 2014 8:14pm EST
(Reuters) - Nine people including a baby and a young girl were killed on Saturday in an attack on their home in a dense jungle region in northern Guatemala known to be a hotly contested drug trafficking territory, officials said.
An unknown number of gunmen stormed the house early on Saturday morning, shooting dead six adults, a five-year-old girl and a three-month-old baby girl in a small farming village in the department of Peten, some 230 miles northeast of the capital city, army spokesman Ismael Cifuentes said.
Another woman who was injured in the attack later died in hospital.
"They were all shot," said Cifuentes.
Officials said they are unsure of a motive for the killings and they have not made any arrests in connection with the massacre.
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