Gunman opens fire at Mexican pyramid, killing a tourist and wounding 6 - BERITAJA

MEXICO CITY — A gunman opened occurrence Monday connected a pyramid successful the famed Mexican archaeological tract of Teotihuacán, fatally wounding a Canadian tourer and leaving astatine slightest six different group injured, authorities said.

The shooter later died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.

Images circulating connected Mexican media showed man successful a checked garment connected the pyramid arsenic visitors appeared to beryllium crouching astatine the ft of the Pyramid of the Moon. Reports indicated that he whitethorn person opened occurrence from the ancient pyramid.

There was nary contiguous connection connected the identities of the perpetrator aliases the place of the personification who died. Nor was location immoderate contiguous denotation of a motive.

Mexican authorities said they were treating the wounded and investigating what was down the shooting.

The incident comes arsenic Mexico prepares to beryllium a big state for this summer’s World Cup shot extravaganza.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has many times said that Mexico has a information scheme successful spot for the shot matches, contempt continued outbreaks of unit successful the country.

On Monday, Sheinbaum lamented the shooting astatine the pyramid.

“What happened coming successful Teotihuacán pains america deeply,” Sheinbaum wrote successful a station connected X. “I definitive my deepest sympathy to those affected and their families.”

After the shooting, authorities described the sprawling archaeological area — among Mexico’s about visited tourer sites — arsenic calm and nether control. The site, situated northeast of Mexico City, is among the premier Mesoamerican archaeological zones.