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Toll rises to 28 in Mexico strip club attack

Mexican police officers stand guard outside the Caballo Blanco (White Horse) bar, a strip club where at least 28 people died. [AFP]

Gunmen burst into a Mexican strip club in a hail of bullets and killed at least 28 people as they trapped revelers inside and started a raging fire, officials said Wednesday.

Many of the dead were dancers who worked there, according to managers.

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