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4th August 2009, 20:44
Excerpts from http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47950
So far three people have been killed, around 100 have been injured, and 150 have been arrested and held for several hours or days.
the authorities say 260 demonstrations, roadblocks and public sector strikes have been held around the country by the president's supporters.
High school teacher Roger Vallejo, who was shot in the head when the police broke up a roadblock on Thursday in the capital, died after two days in intensive care. Another teacher, Martin Florencio Rivera, was stabbed to death after leaving Vallejo's wake Saturday.
The wake has drawn large numbers of teachers, students, social activists and members of the general public.
The first protester to be killed was 19-year-old Isis Obed Murillo, who was shot by the security forces at Tegucigalpa airport on Jul. 5
So far three people have been killed, around 100 have been injured, and 150 have been arrested and held for several hours or days.
the authorities say 260 demonstrations, roadblocks and public sector strikes have been held around the country by the president's supporters.
High school teacher Roger Vallejo, who was shot in the head when the police broke up a roadblock on Thursday in the capital, died after two days in intensive care. Another teacher, Martin Florencio Rivera, was stabbed to death after leaving Vallejo's wake Saturday.
The wake has drawn large numbers of teachers, students, social activists and members of the general public.
The first protester to be killed was 19-year-old Isis Obed Murillo, who was shot by the security forces at Tegucigalpa airport on Jul. 5