[HNA] 42 Wounded 19 detained

[Michelle Fuentes]

4 hours ago....

Around 42 were wounded as the result of an onslaught of new military and
police repression in San Pedro Sula Honduras, against a peaceful
demonstration on Monday in favor of the legitimate president Manuel Zelaya,
the de facto authorities deny the incidents.

For his part, Speaker of the National Police, Orlin Cerrato,  denied the
violence in that town, but said "there are 42 injured individuals:one shot
and the rest have contusions from blows administered by the police, there
are 19 detainees. "

According to Ponce, the police launched tear gas from helicopters against
Zelaya's followers who were at the protest,"there were three thousand
people."

Demonstrations demanding the return of the legitimate president are occuring
on a continuous basis since last June 28, when military forces carried out
the coup d'etat against his administration. So far the military crackdown
has caused four deaths (the last one, a teacher made by a gunshot to the
head last Thursday) and dozens wounded.


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-Michelle Fuentes

"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does
not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children."   Kahlil
Gibran
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