Gunmen stormed a hospital in central Mexico on Tuesday, killing a patient who was being treated for a previous gunshot wound, authorities said.
Prosecutors in Morelos state, just south of Mexico City, said the attack occurred early Tuesday in the state capital, Cuernavaca.
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The perpetrators entered the intensive care unit and shot and killed the patient. They fled after the attack. The victim, a 23-year-old man, was hospitalized Saturday with gunshot wounds.
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Homicide cases in hospitals are rare but unknown in Mexico.
A day earlier, local media reported that an attacker posing as a doctor had unsuccessfully tried to kill a patient with an injection at a hospital in the northern state of Sinaloa.
In 2023, killers attacked a hospital in Culiacan, Sinaloa, killing patients. However, they clashed with other armed groups already inside, and a gunfight broke out, killing four people, including a doctor who was believed to have been caught in the crossfire.
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Mexican gangs are known for attacking hospitals and ambulances in an attempt to finish off injured rivals. In 2021, two paramedics were killed while transporting patients in the violence-ridden northern state of Zacatecas.
