GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Heavily armed gunmen killed eight people after attacking a strip club in northern Mexico, in the latest mass murder in the country, the BBC reported.
The Associated Press said four people died at the Matehuala bar in Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo Leon state, and four people died later in hospital.
Six of the victims were believed to be employees of the club, Reuters reported.
Police are investigating the motive for the deadly shooting, but drug dealing is the likely reason.
"These are dives, illegal bars where there could be some drug dealing, that's one of our main lines of investigation," Nuevo Leon public security spokesman Jorge Domene was quoted as saying.
Monterrey, Mexico's wealthiest city and previously one of its safest, has been the scene of deadly and gruesome battles between rival drug cartels fighting for control of lucrative drug smuggling routes into the United States.
The drug gangs are attacking strip clubs? Now they've gone too far!