Several people feared dead after shooting at BPM festival in Mexico
MEXICO - Several people are feared dead after shots were fired at a music festival in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen. Glasgow-based DJ Jackmaster tweeted about the incident in a club during the BPM festival. Staff at Mixmag, who were attending the festival, said shots had been fired at the Blue Parrot club during a closing party. There were unconfirmed reports that a second shooting was heard at the Jungle, another club taking part in the electronic dance music event. One of the people killed was a security guard, according to unverified reports. The UK Foreign Office said embassy staff in Mexico were “urgently looking into” the reports. In a statement, it said any Britons caught up in the incident should follow the advice of local authorities. The Foreign Office issued a telephone number for anyone worried about friends or family members in Mexico. Mexican authorities have yet to confirm any of the reports about the incident. BPM festival’s official Twitter account said the shootings were being investigated and the event’s closing parties had been “shut down”. The tweet was later deleted. Valerie Lee, Mixmag’s US digital editor, was at Blue Parrot when shots were fired. She told the magazine: “We were in the backstage area, which is super close to the main entrance. At least four to five shots were fired. “People started running because there’s an exit in the back. We stopped and hid behind a cement wall, then crawled under a metal table. “Security guards at first didn’t think it was shots and kept claiming it was fireworks, saying everything was OK. Then people kept running and said they saw a gun. We kept hiding until they opened the back gate and we ran outside.” (Theguardian.com)