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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on September 15, 2018, 09:22:17 am

Title: 'Mariachi musician' gunmen kill three in Mexico City
Post by: TomSea on September 15, 2018, 09:22:17 am

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'Mariachi musician' gunmen kill three in Mexico City

Gunmen dressed as traditional mariachi musicians have killed at least three people and wounded at least seven in Mexico City.

The armed men opened fire at a road crossing on the edge of the Plaza Garibaldi, a major tourist attraction packed with mariachi bars, police said.

The gunmen then fled from the scene on motorbikes.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45532673 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45532673)

Headline should say "musicians".

Famous tourist spot Plaza Garibaldi where the Mariachi musicians play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Garibaldi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Garibaldi)

Famous Italian patriot (unrelated I believe) Garibaldi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi)

Title: Re: 'Mariachi musician' gunmen kill three in Mexico City
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on September 15, 2018, 08:48:23 pm

Tom, not to be a d##k about it, but since the word musician is being used as an adjective to modify gunmen, the singular is correct.

Title: Re: 'Mariachi musician' gunmen kill three in Mexico City
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on September 15, 2018, 09:29:26 pm

(http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tsar-bomba1.jpg)

This is what Mexico needs so it can start over.

Title: Re: 'Mariachi musician' gunmen kill three in Mexico City
Post by: dfwgator on September 15, 2018, 10:16:34 pm

(https://media.giphy.com/media/8AZseNwZg56hi/giphy.gif)

Title: Re: 'Mariachi musician' gunmen kill three in Mexico City
Post by: TomSea on September 16, 2018, 12:19:47 am

Death toll is up to 5.

And yes, To-Whose-Benefit, I posted this very early this morning. I see now the difference.