Four women from the same family were murdered and two children were wounded by unidentified gunmen in a community in eastern Guatemala on Sunday, police said.

The shooting occurred in the early morning hours in La Lima, a village in Chiquimula province, located more than 160 kilometers (99 miles) east of the capital, a National Civilian Police, or PNC, spokesman said.

A group of men armed with firearms and machetes went into a dwelling and killed Arcadia Raymundo Gomez, 50, and her daughters, Margarita, 20, Sandra, 14, and Antolina, 12, the PNC spokesman said.