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Grenade attack on Mexican casino kills at least 2
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August 26, 2011, Friday
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ARMED men killed at least two people in an attack on a casino in northern Mexico that left the building ablaze with gamblers trapped inside, local media and a Reuters witness reported yesterday.
A dozen people are believed to be stuck inside the burning Casino Royale building in Monterrey, a prosperous city 140 miles (230 km) from the Texan border which has suffered from increasing from criminal violence in recent months.
"There is a plume of dark, thick smoke billowing out from the building," a Reuters witness at the scene said.
Local media said at least two people were killed in the attack. Some put the death toll as high as 11. Initial reports said the armed men had thrown grenades into the building, but local media later retracted this.
A survivor told Milenio TV that a group of armed men burst into the casino and threatened gamblers, then started spraying gasoline and set fire to the place.
A dozen people are believed to be stuck inside the burning Casino Royale building in Monterrey, a prosperous city 140 miles (230 km) from the Texan border which has suffered from increasing from criminal violence in recent months.
"There is a plume of dark, thick smoke billowing out from the building," a Reuters witness at the scene said.
Local media said at least two people were killed in the attack. Some put the death toll as high as 11. Initial reports said the armed men had thrown grenades into the building, but local media later retracted this.
A survivor told Milenio TV that a group of armed men burst into the casino and threatened gamblers, then started spraying gasoline and set fire to the place.
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