Nicaragua Reports 65
Deaths During Semana
Santa Holiday
Nicaragua's March 17-23
Semana Santa (Easter)
holiday saw 29 fatal
drowning cases, 27
murders and nine people
killed in road
accidents, Horacio
Rocha, director of the
National Police, said
Sunday.
This is an improvement
compared with 2007's
figure of 35 killings
and 14 road deaths,
Rocha said in a press
conference.
Police arrested 400
people during the
holiday season, seizing
136 weapons including 49
handguns, 61 knives and
six home made weapons.
They also seized 951
fireworks.
At the same press
conference, Nicaragua's
Health Minister
Guillermo Gonzalez, said
that the 26 of the 29
drowned (89 percent)
were women and that 17
of the drowned (60
percent) was linked to
drinking.
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