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Attacks on
Guatemalan police kill 2, wound 3
GUATEMALA - A series of attacks on
police in Guatemala has killed two officers
and wounded three.
Interior Minister Raul Velasquez says the
attacks appear to be retaliation by
criminals, but did not point to a specific
gang.
He says the government will not be
"intimidated."
The two dead officers were gunned down
Thursday in a rough, low-income neighborhood
of Guatemala City.
In addition, two officers were shot and
wounded as they stood guard outside a
school, while a third was hurt in a later
shooting. A grenade tossed at a police
station failed to explode in a fourth
attack.
Last month, four prison officials were shot
to death in apparent retaliation for a
crackdown on an extortion ring operating
from behind bars.
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