An armed group attacked a bar in Belem, northern Brazil: at least 11 people were killed

At least eleven people were killed on Sunday with bullets in a bar in Belém, northern Brazil, by an armed group that, after the attack, ran away, according to the Secretariat for Public Security (Segup) of the State of Pará.

The authorities had not yet informed the motive of the crime. "We are investigating," he replied to the agency AFP a spokeswoman for Segup, who called a press conference to give more details on what happened.

According to the G1 information portal, which quotes police sources, one of the attackers was wounded and is in custody.

Among the dead, six women and five menyou need this report.

The murder would have been committed by seven men arrived armed on board a motorcycle and three carsthey fired and fled, according to G1.

The bar where the mbadacre took place is located in the district of Guamá, one of the neighborhoods of Belém that in March received reinforcement from federal agents to contain crime.