Eleven killed in suspected arson assault on northern Mexican bar

Eleven folks have been killed in a suspected arson assault on a bar within the northern Mexican border metropolis of San Luis Rio Colorado after an expelled patron set it ablaze with a Molotov cocktail, authorities within the state of Sonora mentioned on Saturday.

Sonora state prosecutors mentioned preliminary findings confirmed the suspect was younger, male and extremely intoxicated on the time of the assault within the early hours of Saturday, and had been thrown out of the bar for being disrespectful to girls there.

He then got here again and threw a sort of Molotov cocktail on the doorways of the bar, in keeping with an announcement from prosecutors within the state, which shares a protracted border with Arizona.

4 of the 11 useless have been girls, and 4 extra folks have been being handled in hospital for his or her accidents, they added.

One of many girls was a US citizen, in all probability a twin Mexican nationwide, and one other sufferer was solely 17 years previous, Gustavo Romulo Salas, the state legal professional basic, advised a press convention.

Santos Gonzalez, the mayor of the town, mentioned that the suspect, a person, had been arrested by police.