Five people have been reported dead after shooting broke out at the BPM Music Festival in Mexico.
A gunman has reportedly opened fire at a Mexico club on the last night of one of the country's biggest music festivals.
Glasgow DJ Jackmaster, who was headlining at the Blue Parrot club on the early hours of Monday, tweeted: "Someone has come into the club in Playa Del Carmen and opened fire".
"4-5 dead and many wounded," the DJ added, asking people to stay at their hotels if at BPM.
The DJ, real name is Jack Revill, tweeted about the incident just after 3am - 8am UK time.
According to MixMag magazine, whose reporters were tweeting from the festival, a second shooting was reported at The Jungle - where a separate closing party was occurring.
One reporter tweeted "100% civilians/tourists were shot in front of Blue Parrot. Waiting to hear about The Jungle".
Valerie Lee, the magazine's US editor, said she heard "at least four to five shots fired" at the Blue Parrot.
"People started running because there's an exit in the back. We stopped and hid behind a cement wall, then crawled under a metal table," she said.
"Security guards at first didn't think it was shots and kept claiming it was fireworks, saying everything was OK. Then people kept running and said they saw a gun. We kept hiding until they opened the back gate and we ran outside."
No reports have yet been confirmed by Mexican authorities, although the official Twitter account of the BPM Festival published a tweet saying "all parties are shut down" following police investigations.
The tweet has since been deleted.
Local newspaper El Universal has confirmed the reports, adding the number of deaths is yet unknown.
The BPM Music Festival, popular among foreign tourists, takes place in several venues across Playa Del Carmen in Mexico, featuring over 150 of the world's top DJs.
The 2017 edition marked the festival's 10th anniversary, and ran between 6 and 15 January.
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