More Collateral Damage in the Drug War

Ciudad Juarez:

Gunmen have killed eight patients and injured six others in a drug rehabilitation centre in Mexico.

The shootings are believed to be part of a drug gang feud in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez.

The hooded gunmen, all wearing body armour, burst into the drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation centre, dragged the patients to the patio and shot them.

About 40 people have been killed in drug cartel-related violence in the city this week.

That's more than the total homicides that Seattle sees in an entire year.