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| Gunmen Kill 23 in Attack on Honduras Bus |
| 2004-12-24 |
| Gunmen opened fire on a public bus in northern Honduras late Thursday, killing at least 23 passengers and wounding 16 others, police said. The shooting took place in the northern Atlantic city of Chamelecon, 125 miles north of the capital, Tegucigalpa, said police spokesman, Deputy Commissioner Wilmer Torres. "It was an unbelievable massacre," he said in a telephone interview. "We don't know yet who did it." The bus was driving through the heavily populated neighborhood of San Isidro when a car carrying an unknown number of armed attackers cut in front of it and other assailants fired from behind the bus, Torres said. He said officials did not yet know how many people were aboard the bus. Honduras' La Prensa newspaper reported on its Web site that the attackers left a written message alluding to the leader of the country's congress, Rep. Porfirio Lobo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 11A5S - I figured as much. It was too fun not to bitch about :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-24 5:36:15 PM |
| #4 Frank G: With all due respect, it is common practice in that part of the world to call the Caribean coast the Atlantic coast. Don't know why, but that's how I always heard it said. Otherwise, great rant. Merry Christmas. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2004-12-24 5:23:03 PM |
| #3 Well they could have been on the northern Atlantic except for the Imperialist bastards who stold the Saint Lawrence Segway from it's rightful owners, Macau. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-24 2:37:32 PM |
| #2 hmmm I wasn't aware Honduras had a city in the northern Atlantic...figgin ignorant reporters |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-24 2:32:20 PM |
| #1 What better way of showing your anger at political figures than by killing their constituents? Way to go duuuuuuudes!!!!! |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-24 1:59:01 PM |