At least five people have been found dead whereas 15 people have been injured due to gunfires and explosions in the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil.
This has caused damage to several homes and others are still yet to be found authorities said Sunday.
Guayaquil has seen frequent shootings and killings by members of rival gangs believed to have links to national and international drug trafficking. Dozens were killed last year in massacres inside the largest state prison in the city.
Ecuador’s Prosecutor’s Office said its agents were gathering evidence to establish the cause and motive for the attack in Guayaquil’s Cristo del Consuelo neighborhood and would ensure measures would be taken to punish those involved
Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo tweeted that organized crime in Ecuador is now attacking with explosives.
Sunday’s violence “is a declaration of war against the State. Either we unite to face it or the price will be even higher for society,” he wrote.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
