Fourteen killed in Brazil nightclub shootout

Burnt-out cars could be seen outside the nightclub on Saturday morning

Burnt-out cars could be seen outside the nightclub on Saturday morning

At least 14 people were killed in an early Saturday shootout at a nightclub in Fortaleza, in northeastern Brazil, officials said.

He did not provide more details nor confirm the number of dead and injured.

The police officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

According to the television channel Globo, the victims have been taken to hospitals, a lot of them are females.

Local television channel Globo TV said eyewitnesses reported seeing three cars full of armed men arrive at the Forro do Gago club at 12.30am and begin firing shots at the front of the building.

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The attackers were part of a criminal gang, which are involved in drug trafficking.

A year ago there was a record 5,114 murders in the state of Ceara, a 50 percent rise from 2016.

Local security secretary Andre Costa called the shooting a "one-off event, as occurs all over the world" and added that it was unlikely local police could have done anything to stop it. It was the highest toll since the state started releasing the data in 2013.

This incident is now the deadliest mass shooting in the state of Ceará, after a 2015 nightclub shooting that saw 11 people killed.

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