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El Salvador violence: Deadly attack on party activists
Published 1 day ago
Gunmen opened fire on activists from El Salvador's main opposition party, killing two people, a rare political attack that has shocked one of Latin America's most violent countries.
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) supporters were returning from a campaign rally when their lorry came under fire by suspects in a car.
The attack on the left-wing party came four weeks before legislative and municipal elections are due to be held.
Three people have been arrested.
The attack happened in the centre of the capital, San Salvador, on Sunday afternoon local time in front of one of the offices of the FMLN party. Five other people were injured.
Party activists had attended a rally launching the campaign for mayor of FMLN's candidate Rogelio Canales.
Nidia Díaz, a FMLN lawmaker, said she saw the car with the attackers block the path of an open-backed lorry carrying party supporters. "A man got out with a gun in his hand and started shooting," she tweeted.
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55888261
