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A man shot a Canadian woman dead and injured several others before killing himself on Monday at Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramids, a popular tourist and archaeological site outside of Mexico City, according to authorities.
Mexico’s security cabinet said the injured people were receiving medical care. Canada’s foreign ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment from CBC News.
The local government said four people were wounded by gunshots and that two more were injured from falls.
The pre-Hispanic city was one of the most important cultural centres in Mesoamerica.
A worker pictured climbing the steps of the Pyramid of the Sun in San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico, in 2021. (Toya Sarno Jordan/Reuters)
In a statement posted to X, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she was closely following the situation and that updates would be provided by the security cabinet.
Sheinbaum also said she was in touch with the Canadian Embassy.
“What happened today in Teotihuacán deeply pains us. I express my most sincere solidarity with the affected individuals and their families,” she said in the statement.
