Four killed as ‘GANGSTERS’ unleash shooting frenzy attack on Mexican government offices

AT LEAST four people have been killed after “gangsters” allegedly gunned down an official government office in Mexico – a day after five people were fatally shot at a BPM music festival nearby.

Rodolfo del Angel Campos, chief of police for the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, said gunfire broke out at the state attorney general's office in Cancun.

Police and armed forces were able to intervene quickly after the emergency alarm was sounded.Mr Joaquin said one policeman and three suspected gunmen were killed, whilst a further five suspects had been arrested.

The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has been reviewing disciplinary action against Joaquin's predecessor, former PRI state governor Roberto Borge, whom the opposition has accused of fraud and corruption.

He denies any wrongdoing.Quintana Roo, on the eastern coast of Mexico, has suffered sporadic violence in the past few years as drug cartels have launched brutal battles in order to gain control of the lucrative local market.

This is the second gun attack Cancun has experienced this week after five people were shot at a music festival BPM festival in the resort of Playa del Carmen.The shooting is not being investigated as a suspected terror attack.