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Monday, July 17, 2017

Eleven people stabbed to death at children’s birthday party

Attackers wielding knives burst into a child's birthday party in central Mexico, stabbing and slashing 11 people to death, including two minors.

Hidalgo state prosecutor Javier Ramiro Lara Salinas said at a news conference Thursday that the preliminary investigation suggested the attack in a house near Tizayuca, just north of Mexico City, was a 'settling of scores'.

Among the victims was a man whose ID identified him as a Mexico City police officer.  More