Mexico City

Hold your fire: A district of Mexico City has banned celebratory gunfire after a stray bullet killed a child. Officials in Iztapalapa, where 2 million people live, said residents may no longer fire guns during street, religious, or civil festivals. “Authorities are not against their practices and customs and traditions as such,” said public safety coordinator Carlos Candelaria López. “But firing bullets is not a tradition.” The child died after a bullet that had been shot into the air came down directly through the roof of a movie theater and struck him in the head.

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