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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on June 03, 2018, 06:12:10 pm

Title: Nicaragua police end church siege
Post by: TomSea on June 03, 2018, 06:12:10 pm
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Nicaragua police end church siege

Police in Nicaragua have ended the siege of a church where opposition supporters had sought refuge after being attacked by riot police and pro-government militias.

Doctors have been allowed to treat the injured inside the church in the city of Masaya. Two people have died.

Some 30 people who were inside the church were released after the local Catholic Church intervened.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44345259 (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44345259)