TEGUCIGALPA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Five men were shot dead on Sunday inside a house in Honduras's western municipality of Esperanza, with their identities and the motive behind the homicide remaining unknown, local police said.
The incident occurred near a military detachment, local media La Prensa reported, quoting witnesses as saying that two vehicles arrived at the spot with several heavily armed men on board.
Police authorities cordoned off the crime scene and began investigation.
The shooting brought the number of multiple homicide cases this year to 25 in the Central American country. Many of murders, according to authorities, are the results of disputes over drug distributions and sales between gangs.
