Gunmen shot dead at least seven people at a pool hall in the Ecuadoran city of Santo Domingo, police said Sunday, in the country's latest gruesome massacre amid soaring gang violence.

"Seven people died from gunshot wounds" at a pool hall in the nightlife district of Santo Domingo, about 93 miles west of the capital Quito, national police said in a WhatsApp group with reporters.

Police said they were investigating the incident and hunting for those responsible.

Purported security camera footage of the massacre circulating online showed several attackers wearing black masks open fire on two men standing at the entrance to the pool hall, sending pedestrians scrambling.

The gunmen then entered the hall and continued shooting, fleeing before a police vehicle approached.

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