Terrified tourist gets caught up in gunfight between armed police and killers – World News

Sunbathing on the beach of Manzanillo, Mexico, was interrupted by gunfire as frightened tourists ran up from the sea to seek cover while brave police chased the suspect who had just shot two people.

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Mexico: Tourists caught up in gunfight between armed police and murderers

Tourists relaxing on the beach ran for cover after getting embroiled in a gun battle between armed police and two assassins believed to have shot dead two people in a restaurant.

Panicked tourists were filmed sprinting out of the sea and fleeing to safety as emergency responders chased after one of the suspects after he attempted to escape by entering the water.

One of the alleged killers was shot dead by police and another was injured.

The movie happened shortly after 3:30 p.m. local time on Saturday at a popular beach in Acapulco’s popular Pacific resort called Manzanillo Beach, Mexico.

The Guerrero State Attorney General’s office confirmed in a statement: “The incident at Manzanillo Beach, where an attacker was shot dead and another injured, is under investigation.

“Around 3:40 p.m. local time yesterday/Saturday, two men went to the beach area and killed two victims who were inside a restaurant.

“The police tried to stop them as they fled. One was shot dead and the other was seriously injured while trying to flee towards the sea before being tracked down and arrested.

“Two 9mm pistols have been recovered and are being analyzed.”

State prosecutors released images of heavily armed officers running along the water’s edge in front of tourists lying in the sand under parasols.

Footage released online shows terrified families, who have cooled off in the sea, running out of the water and running for cover as the gunpowder runs out.

The restaurant where two gunmen shot and killed their victim is named Dona Ofe.

The murders and subsequent police chases come just two days after the heads of six people were found on the roof of a car in Chilapa de Alvarez, a two-hour and 40-minute drive northwest of the same city. State of Guerrero.

A warning sign strung from two trees was found at the scene, warning residents: “In Chilapa, crystal sales are prohibited, kidnapping, extortion and theft are prohibited. This will happen to anyone messing around.

“The death penalty is the sentence for all these crimes.”

Last month, British businessman Chris Cleave was shot dead in an execution-style assassination near his nearby home in Playa del Carmen on the Mexican Riviera Maya.

Two men on a motorcycle shot him at close range after rushing to the side of his red Audi as he was in traffic with his 14-year-old daughter, who survived the attack. labour.

The estate agent, originally from Truro in Cornwall, received death threats after resisting a drug cartel’s demands to pay extortion money.

His business partner at a restaurant they run together, 57-year-old Vitaly Feygin, was assassinated in a similar fashion last March.