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Disco where four killed burns down in Mexican resort of Ixtapa

Xinhua, April 16, 2017 Adjust font size:

A disco in Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Ixtapa, Guerrero, which had been closed in the wake of a deadly shooting, burnt down in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday.

Authorities shuttered the Malkerida Disco after four people were shot dead inside the establishment last Saturday, two of them identified as members of a criminal ring.

ln a statement, Guerrero state's Secretary of Civil Protection said the 911 emergency hotline received a call at 3:20 a.m. reporting a fire at the disco, which is located at the Plaza Laguna shopping center along the resort's hotel strip.

"So far, we do not know what caused the fire, but believe it could have started at the Malkerida," the agency said.

The fire then spread to surrounding businesses and at least one home, according to the agency, with another disco-bar (Kopados) and a boutique (Too Late) burnt to the ground.

Another two bars and the home were partially damaged, while two other bars suffered minor damage.

No one was injured in the incident. Endit