
34-year-old Congressman Cristian Nieto was shot dead in Ecuador minutes after giving an interview to a circus full of children.
In a video posted on social networks, children are seen entering the circus when suddenly several shots and screams are heard. Apart from Nieto, his wife and another person were also killed by the shooting, while a journalist was injured.
After being shot, the journalist started calling for help while trying to defend herself: "I need help, an ambulance, I was shot in the arm."
Nieto was known in Ecuador by the nickname Rescate (rescue in Spanish) because he had offered help to several people, most of them drug addicts.
A few minutes before he dropped dead, Nieto was telling reporters of the event that it is a great success. According to information, the gunmen had entered the circus before opening fire on Nieto.
Deputy deputy Cristhian Nieto and his wife were killed in a shooting on the night of último domingo (02) in the city of Manta, west of Equador.
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