6 members of the same family killed in armed attack

6 members of the same family lost their lives in an armed attack on a house in the Bahia state of Brazil.

According to reports in the Brazilian press, unidentified individuals carried out an armed attack on a house in the town of Jequie, located in the state.

In the attack, 6 people from the same family, including a pregnant woman and a young girl, lost their lives.

Police, who arrived at the scene following reports, have launched a large-scale operation to apprehend the attackers.

It is suspected that the attack stemmed from a settling of scores between drug traffickers.

The state of Bahia is among the regions with the highest homicide rates in the country.