Cancun airport ‘shooting’ sees passengers run in panic after reports of gunfire

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Travellers were left screaming and running for their lives after a suspected shooting at Cancun airport today. Witnesses said passengers scrambled from the airport, as some were even trampled on as a desperate crowd tried to flee the area.

One Twitter user said: “At the airport in Cancun waiting for a flight and just saw a herd of people running and screaming towards me.

People ducking behind counters and chairs. “People seem to think someone had a gun, but security can’t confirm. Terminal has at least partially been evacuated.” Other passengers took to social media to reveal how people bolted for cover, leaving luggage and phones where they stood.

Twitter user @blainless said: “everybody’s reclaiming their phones now - lots of people (myself included) just went for cover without them.”Another passenger said: “There was just a major shooting in the airport right behind where we were sitting.