At least 12 people have been killed in violent clashes in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, police said today.
Violent clashes claims lives of 12 people, seven police officers & five civilians on Tuesday. The police officers were killed as they chased a group of armed men who had killed three young men on a street corner in the city of Culiacan.

In Tuesday’s incident, the alleged killers barricaded themselves inside a house and fought police from there. Security forces finally entered the house & seized 10 AK-47 and 6 HK-G3 rifles, among other weapons. Mexico’s federal police said two alleged criminals were arrested inside the house, while another suspect was killed in the clash.