What in the World?

What in the World?

Test yourself on the week of April 12: Ecuador and Gabon vote, China ups its diplomacy, and the Maldives announces a travel ban.

11 killed, 9 injured in armed attack at cockfighting venue in Ecuador

QUITO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 people were killed and nine others injured in a mass shooting Thursday night at a cockfighting arena in Ecuador's coastal province of Manabi, local media reported Friday. Read full story

At least eleven people were killed and nine others were injured in Ecuador following an armed attack registered in a gallery in the La Valencia community, rural area of the municipality of El Carmen, in the coastal province of Manabí.

The events occurred in a rural area of the municipality of El Carmen, in the coastal province of Manabí.

QUITO (AP) — An armed attack during a cockfighting event in Ecuador left at least 12 dead and several injured, one of the worst massacres of the year, the police reported on Friday.The incident occurred about midnight Thursday in a town in the coastal province of Manabí when more than a dozen armed subjects “with military-type clothing and carrying long-range firearms” shot at the attendees of a galley in the community La Valencia, in the Manabi…

At least 11 people have been killed and nine others injured in a shooting at a cockfighting event in Ecuador. Twelve men dressed in military uniforms stormed the venue hosting the popular matches and opened fire on spectators.