Five people, including two Canadians, are dead after a shooting at a nightclub in the Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen.
The Globe and Mail reports two of the dozen people injured were Canadian.
The incident began early Monday morning, when a man opened fire outside the Blue Parrot nightclub where patrons were attending the BPM Festival, a celebration of electronic music.
The BPM Festival released a statement on its Facebook page on Monday afternoon.
4-5 shots happened maybe around 2:45-3am and ppl backstage started running. We crouched behind a wall, ppl started saying it was fireworks
— ✌alerie (@valerie___lee) January 16, 2017
This is a very very sad situation. Tryna get my head around it still. Thoughts and condolences to all affected ♥— JACKMASTER (@jackmaster) January 16, 2017
Video posted on social media shows people running from the venue.
Momentos exactos del pánico en #BPMFestival por balacera en #BlueParrotpic.twitter.com/OqvnYdaq62— Ξ.M.Λ.C. Ü (@EMACUTV) January 16, 2017
#BPMFestival hace un par de horas en el enfrentamiento de #BlueParrot pic.twitter.com/WEK4DZUoaS— Ξ.M.Λ.C. Ü (@EMACUTV) January 16, 2017
