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.
Police said the motive for the shooting remains unclear.
Santa Lucía is a small town in the coastal province of Guayas, one of four provinces currently under a state of emergency in an attempt to curb gang violence.
Among the dead was the owner of the nightclub, who was brother to Santa Lucia's mayor Ubaldo Urquizo, according to AFP news agency and local media.
