Quito, Ecuador: Multiple gunmen killed six people on Sunday, including a two-year-old girl, after shooting up a beachside boardwalk in southwestern Ecuador, police said.
Three others were wounded in the attack in popular whale-watching destination Puerto Lopez, after men in a van and on two motorcycles opened fire on the boardwalk before fleeing.
It was the third deadly attack in the city this weekend, with a total death toll of nine, local media reports said.
The whereabouts of the shooters were unknown, with initial reports pointing to a motive of an internal dispute between criminal groups, police said in a statement.
Killings and clashes in neighborhoods and public spaces are commonplace, and the country is on track to end the year with a record rate of 52 homicides per 100,000 residents, according to the Geneva-based Organized Crime Observatory.
