Gun battle Between
Police, Suspects Kills 7
in Guatemala
Guatemalan Police holed
up suspected thieves in
a slum on the outskirts
of Guatemala City on
Saturday and exchanged
fire with them, killing
all the six suspects.
One police officer also
died in the gun battle
and five others,
including a soldier,
three police officers
and a police spokesman,
were wounded.
According to reports
reaching here, the
suspects looted a
jewelry store in a
shopping mall in the
village of Villa
Hermosa, south from
Guatemala City, and
killed a private
security guard before
they barricaded
themselves inside a
private house.
Guatemalan authorities
were quoted as saying
that 70 soldiers and 300
police officers joined
the operation.
"The exchange of gunfire
was very intense, but
everything is now under
control," Interior
Minister Adela Camacho
said.
The police found the six
bodies of suspects,
assault rifles and hand
grenades at the scene. |
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