Canadian tourist killed and six injured in Mexican  shooting rampage

One Canadian tourist has been killed, and six other people were wounded by gunfire after an armed man opened fire at one of Mexico’s most famous tourist destinations, the Teotihuacán pyramids near Mexico City.

The shooting – the latest violent incident to affect Mexico as it prepares to co-host the football World Cup in June – took place on Monday lunchtime and was captured in mobile phone videos.

“A person is opening fire on us, take care friends, send security,” a voice can be heard saying in an unverified video posted on social media.

The gunman, whose nationality was unknown, killed himself after opening fire, said, the security secretary for Mexico state, where the site is located.

One witness, Laura Torres, told the newspaper La Jornada she heard more than 20 shots coming from the Pyramid of the Moon, the second largest in the ancient complex of constructions. “First it was sporadic, then one shot after another, then sporadic again,” said Torres, who believed the alleged shooter – who authorities said took his own life – had used a handgun.

Mexican media reports said the fatal victim was a 32-year-old female from Canada.

Canada’s foreign minister, Anita Anand, called it “a horrific act of gun violence “