AlHijjah 20, 1434, Oct 25, 2013, SPA -- A group of hitmen shot and killed seven people at a house in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, dap ctied Brazilian police as saying on Friday. The motive of the crime late Thursday in Realengo was unknown, police spokesman Pablo Rodrigues said. "We cannot rule out any hypotheses," he said. "We will investigate the chance that the massacre might have been caused by the group's debts with drug dealers. That is one hypothesis, but we have not ruled out others." Five men and two women, aged 21 to 37, were killed by handguns and rifles on the veranda of the house, local media reported. Neighbours told the news website G1 that the house in Realengo, about 50 kilometres west of central Rio, was often used as a drug den. Small amounts of drugs were seized at the site. Realengo already made global headlines in April 2011 when 12 children, aged 12 to 14, were killed at a school shooting. The 24-year-old attacker then committed suicide. -- SPA 18:03 LOCAL TIME 15:03 GMT تغريد
