Fourteen people were shot and killed at a soccer field in northern Honduras, a police spokesman said Saturday.
The armed men arrived in two vehicles with large guns and started shooting at a group that was preparing for a football match on Saturday in San Pedro Sula, 100 miles north of the capital Tegucigalpa.
Armando Calidonio, vice minister of security, said the gunmen shot from point-blank range at the victims, who were known to gather there to play football.
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Ten were killed at the scene and four died as they were being taken to the hospital. More were wounded – some gravely, Calidonio said, though the number was not clear.
The attackers numbered about five, but police did not have any suspects.
The massacre took place in Colonia Felipe Zelaya, a crowded, violent neighborhood in the northern city of San Pedro Sula that is home to hundreds of gang members.
‘There are 14 dead. Ten were killed on the field and four more died on their way to the hospital,’ said Leonel Sauceda, a spokesman for Honduras’ Security Ministry.
