EL SALVADOR: FIERCE FIGHTING AROUND CAPITAL BETWEEN LEFTIST GUERRILLAS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES.

Record ID: 375799

  • Title: EL SALVADOR: FIERCE FIGHTING AROUND CAPITAL BETWEEN LEFTIST GUERRILLAS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES.
  • Date: 12th November 1989
  • Summary: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR (NOVEMBER 12, 1989) 1. GVS EARLY MORNING: HEAVY GUNFIRE (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. GV TWO SOLDIERS ON ALERT 0.18 3. GVS REBEL MORTAR ON GROUND, CLOSE TO BODY (3 SHOTS) 0.28 4. GV EXTERIOR: GOVERNMENT BUILDING 0.32 5. GV DAY-TIME: CROWDED STREETS 0.37 6. GV WOMAN, CRYING, BEING COMFORTED BY FRIENDS 0.45 7. GV BODY OF CHILD ON GROUND 0.56 8. SV A
  • Embargoed: 27th November 1989 12:00
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  • Location: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR
  • Country: El Salvador
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA6EFU8I6HE91TFHHP2WGBOK8GL
  • Story Text: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR

    Fierce fighting continued in San Salvador and many provincial areas on Sunday as leftist rebels clashed with government forces after peace talks had broken down.

    The first guerrilla attack came on Saturday when they launched shells from home-made mortars at infantry barracks on the outskirts of San Salvador. Two children were killed when mortars missed their mark, landing on a nearby house. At least three people were reported dead in the fighting and scores injured.

    Late on Saturday, rebels attacked the home of President Alfredo Cristiani. He escaped unhurt and Colonel Rene Emilio Ponce said he was "under complete protection" at an un-named location.

    Rebels were reported to have told journalists that the attacks were to avenge the bombing of a leftist union office on October 31 that killed ten people. The rebels blamed the Army and President Cristiani for the bombing.

    The attacks came just three days after the rebels' Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front had promised to step up its ten-year-long fight against the US-backed government. More than 70,000 people have died in the conflict.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - MAITE GALEANO</strong>
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