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Seven people were injured when shots broke out at a Caribbean festival in Boston early Saturday morning.

All the victims in the 7:45 a.m. shooting in the Dorchester neighborhood were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Boston 25.

Boston police said several people were arrested and multiple guns were recovered at the scene.

The annual Caribbean Carnival kicked off in Dorchester early Saturday. Twitter
Police received reports of a shooting in Boston just before 8 a.m. Twitter

The city’s annual Caribbean Carnival kicked off early Saturday, with one parade starting at 6:30 a.m., a police notice said.

It’s not the first time violence has accompanied the festival.

Last year, one person was killed, and several more were injured during the the event’s two parades, Fox News reported

An innocent bystander was shot and killed in 2014 as well, CBS News reported.

The victims of the shooting were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Boston 25. Twitter
Several people were arrested and multiple guns were recovered at the scene, Boston police said. Twitter

Video posted to social media by Insider Newspaper shows crowds rushing from the scene of the early morning shooting.

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