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Caribbean-Latin America
Nuevo Leon: 14 Hurt in Hand Grenade Attack in Guadalupe -- UPDATED
2010-10-03
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El Diario de Coahuila reports through a national wire story a revised count of 14 wounded in the attack and an exact count of children wounded to eight.

A hand grenade attack in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon wounded 14 individuals including eight children late Saturday night, according to Mexican news reports.

The attack took place at the city offices complex called Palacio Municipal de Guadalupe on Calle Hidalgo at about 2215 hrs when an armed suspect dismounted from a pickup truck and threw an explosive device said to be a hand grenade into a group of civilians out walking.

Reports say the grenade exploded almost instantly, almost catching the attacker in the blast before the he returned to his vehicle.

The vehicle was one of two vehicles parked facing the complex, which were then driven from the scene west on Calle Hidalgo and then south on Calle Arteaga.

Eight children under the age of eight were injured in the blast, as well as several couples.

This attack is the fourth attack by hand grenade since Friday evening, when three separate attacks were made against Monterrey city and state judicial facilities, as well as one attack near the US consulate, and against the unidentified warden of the Topo Chico Centro de Readaptcion Social (CERESO), which is a prison.

One guard was wounded in the three attacks.

Guadalupe is a part of the Monterrey metropolitan area.
Posted by:badanov

#1  if only those hand grenades weren't so easily available at U.S. gun shows!

/Hillary's DOS
Posted by: Frank G   2010-10-03 12:37  

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