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Coahuila: Grenade explodes near cop shop in Piedras Negras
 Google Translate. For a map, click here.A hand grenade thrown from a moving vehicle at a police station late Tuesday night in border town of Piedras Negras, Coahuila caused some property damage, but no casualties, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place at about 2314 hrs Tuesday night when armed suspects aboard a Mercury Grand Marquis with heavily tinted windows, threw a hand grenade at the police station on Ruta Fiscal in the Fundadores district. Several police officers outside the building saw the coming attack and ducked inside the police station. Damage from the detonation was limited to a crater in the sidewalk adjacent to the building, damage to the windows and the front door and damaged in the building's facade left by shrapnel. Coordinadora de Comunicación Social del Ayuntamiento, Alejandra Valdivia Estrada announced to the press that planned celebrations in the city would not be cancelled despite the attack. Festivities in Piedra Negras celebrating Mexico's Independence Bicentennial include a concert by Lupita D'Alessio later tonight and a concert by La Sonora Dinamita Thursday evening. Estrada said that about 200 security personnel are expected to be present in the city during the celebration. Posted by: badanov 2010-09-16 |
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