At least 14 people have been shot dead on a football pitch in the city of San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras.

洪都拉斯南部城市圣佩德罗苏拉一座足球场发生枪击案，至少14人死亡。

Reports said gunmen approached the group as they gathered to play football and opened fire.

The motive¹ for the attack is not clear, but one official suggested it may have been a settling of accounts between criminal gangs.

Last month 18 people were killed in a similar attack on a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula.

Seriously injured

Armando Calidonio, vice-minister of security, was quoted by Associated Press news agency as saying the gunmen had fired from close range with assault rifles（突击步枪，冲锋枪） .

Ten people died at the scene, in the Colonia Felipe Zelaya district, and a further four on the way to hospital.

A number of others were injured, some seriously.

Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with much of the killing² blamed on violent gangs known as Maras.

The biggest gangs have thousands of members and a presence throughout Central America as well as in the US.

Police blamed the attack on the shoe factory on street gangs with links to Mexican drugs cartels.