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"Feuding drug gangs opened fire in a crowded bar in Puerto Rico over
the weekend, killing eight people, including the unborn child of a
pregnant woman who was wounded, police said on Monday.
A 9-year-old girl was also among the 20 injured. The shooting at the
La Tombola bar in Toa Baja, a suburb of the capital San Juan, was one
of the worst in the history of the U.S. Caribbean island territory,
which is a transit point for drugs being smuggled to the United States.
Gunmen with automatic weapons entered the bar late on Saturday and
opened fire on a crowd there celebrating its reopening. Several patrons
drew weapons and fired back.
"This is a result of a dispute over control of drug sales points," Police Superintendent Jose Figueroa Sancha said." Read More From Source
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