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Mexico City: At least 10 people were killed and more injured in a shooting at a home in the central Mexican city of Irapuato on Tuesday night, local security authorities said, adding they have launched an operation to find those responsible.
Local media reported the shooting happened during a local religious celebration.
The attorney office for Guanajuato, the central state where the attack took place, confirmed the attack.
"According to preliminary data, 10 people lost their lives and several more were injured by firearm projectiles," Irapuato's civil security office said in a statement on social media.
It added that the local government condemned the violence and expressed its solidarity with the victims, relatives and other citizens affected by "this cowardly act."