Two die, four injured in music festival
Two persons were killed and four others wounded in a targeted shooting during a music festival in Paraguay, media reported on Monday.
The incident occurred during a music festival at the Jose Asuncion Flores Amphitheatre in the resort town of San Bernardino late on Sunday.
The unnamed attacker shot into the amphitheatre’s VIP area eight times, fled the crime scene and is currently at large.
Cristina Vita Aranda, model and the wife of Paraguayan footballer, Ivan Torres, died shortly after being brought to the hospital with a bullet wound to her head.
According to the newspaper, the police believed that another victim was the target of the shooter, with Ivan Torres wife, Aranda, caught in the crossfire.
The injured were evacuated and are safe, according to the newspaper.
The Paraguayan Interior Ministry has put together a special team to investigate the incident, the media said.
(Sputnik/NAN)
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