10 killed in Mexican city
January 8th, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANSMexico City, Jan 8 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed in separate violent incidents in the northern Mexican city of Torreon over Friday and Saturday, said police. Five of the victims were decapitated.The heads of the five were found at different places of the city since Friday night, Xinhua quoted officials as saying, but the bodies are yet to be found.
The threatening messages at the crime site suggest they were organised crimes of local drug gangs.
In a separate incident, four people were shot down and another person was stabbed to death Saturday morning.
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