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Gunmen attack a boat off Ecuador’s coast, killing at least 4 with more than a dozen missing

  • Dozens of gunmen attacked a boat off Ecuador's southeast coast on Friday evening, killing at least four people and leaving more than a dozen missing.
  • The attack occurred in the troubled region of El Oro, less than 48 hours after the government placed the province under a two-month state of emergency due to a surge in violence.
  • Ecuador, a South American country of some 18 million people, reported around 8,000 killings last year, with crime surging this year.
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Gunmen attack a boat off Ecuador's coast, killing at least 4 with more than a dozen missing

Dozens of gunmen have attacked a boat off Ecuador’s southeast coast. Local news reports say that the suspects killed several people after opening fire on the boat and launching explosives at it.

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A new armed attack on fishing boats in the high seas, off the coast of the Ecuadorian province of El Oro, bordering Peru, has so far left four people dead and six others injured, according to local media reports Saturday, EFE. The attack was recorded on Friday afternoon, but it was not until [...] The entry Armed attack on boats in Ecuador leaves at least four dead and six injured was first published in Focus Informative.

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