TEHRAN, June 17 - Eight people died on Saturday in a shoot-out and fire that shattered a truce struck hours earlier between President Daniel Ortega and protesters, and civic leaders condemned the violence while vowing to continue talks with the government.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Eight people died on Saturday in a shoot-out and fire that shattered a truce struck hours earlier between President Daniel Ortega and protesters, and civic leaders condemned the violence while vowing to continue talks with the government.
Nicaragua’s crisis, the country’s bloodiest confrontations since a civil war ended in 1990, has spanned two months and claimed at least 170 lives. The unrest in the morning came hours after Ortega and protesters struck an agreement to end hostilities, clear roadblocks and allow a foreign inquiry.
Michael Healy, president of the agriculture producers union, blamed the government and law enforcement for the deaths of six people, including two children, as flames consumed their house in Managua after a confrontation with police. Two others died in the shoot-out.
“We were going to sleep in peace and tranquility. And what’s sad was waking up to the death of this family, how they were burned,” Healy said at the conclusion of talks with the government moderated by the Catholic church.
Nicaragua’s crisis, the country’s bloodiest confrontations since a civil war ended in 1990, has spanned two months and claimed at least 170 lives. The unrest in the morning came hours after Ortega and protesters struck an agreement to end hostilities, clear roadblocks and allow a foreign inquiry.
Michael Healy, president of the agriculture producers union, blamed the government and law enforcement for the deaths of six people, including two children, as flames consumed their house in Managua after a confrontation with police. Two others died in the shoot-out.
“We were going to sleep in peace and tranquility. And what’s sad was waking up to the death of this family, how they were burned,” Healy said at the conclusion of talks with the government moderated by the Catholic church.
Source:Reuters
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