A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador on Sunday killed eight people and injured three others in the latest violent incident to hit the spiraling South American country, authorities said.

A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador killed eight people and injured three others, police have said. Authorities were called to the Santa Lucía property in the early hours of Sunday morning, where they found seven people already deceased after gunmen opened fire. An eighth person died in hospital.

Ecuador has remained in a state of emergency over the past two years as a military crackdown tries to get control of ongoing cartel violence.

AT least eight people have been killed and three others injured after gunmen opened fire inside a nightclub in Ecuador. Armed thugs on motorbikes and pickup trucks swarmed the club after midnight

A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador on Sunday killed eight people and injured three others in the latest violent incident to hit the spiraling South American country, authorities said.

Eight people were killed and two others wounded when a group of gunmen opened fire on a crowd outside a nightclub in a town in southwestern Ecuador, police said Sunday.

The shooting took place in Guayas, one of the four provinces where President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency to combat gang violence.

A tragic shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía, Ecuador, left eight dead and three injured, highlighting the country's spiraling violence fueled by organized crime and drug cartels. The incident follows a string of violent events in the region,

Eight people were killed and two others wounded when a group of gunmen opened fire on a crowd outside a nightclub in a town in southwestern Ecuador, police said Sunday.