Tegucigalpa - At
least two persons died and several others
were wounded on Sunday when the Honduras
armed forces fired on demonstrators who had
come to the Tegucigalpa airport in support
of the return of ousted president Manuel Zelaya.
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The military fired tear gas bombs and
bullets against thousands of people who have
been gathering near the airport where Zelaya
is about to land.
According to witnesses, one of the dead was
shot in the head by a sniper shot. The armed
forces also fired on media teams covering
the demonstration.
Thousands of protesters on Sunday descended
on the airport in anticipation of the
showdown. Police helicopters hovered
overhead. Commercial flights were canceled,
and outside the airport about 200 soldiers
with riot shields formed a line in front of
the protesters.
Speaking live from the plane on the Telesur
network few minutes ago, Zelaya says he is
just minutes away from landing.
He asks that the soldiers now occupying the
airport instead return their allegiance to
him, "in the name of God, in the name of the
people, and in the name of justice.
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