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Ecuador

14 August 2022

Independent (Ireland)

Gunfire and a subsequent explosion has left at least five people dead, 15 injured and several others missing, as well as damaging homes, in the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil. Ecuador's Prosecutor's Office said its agents were gathering evidence to establish the cause and motive for the attack in the Cristo del Consuelo neighbourhood. Interior minister Patricio Carrillo tweeted that organised crime in Ecuador is now attacking with explosives. Sunday's violence "is... (GunPolicy.org)

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