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Tens of students managed to leave the church of Managua where they were cut off, after suffering a strong attack by government forces of the President of Nicaragua since Friday afternoon. Daniel Ortega who left two young dead and twenty wounded, according to religious leaders
"We ask God to accompany us, we will save the boys," said the Apostolic Nuncio Stanislaw Waldemar Sommertag, in escorts buses that pass from the church [DivinaMisericordia(southwest)tothecathedralofManagua(center)toyoungpeoplereleasedwiththemediationoftheCatholicChurch
Two young people died from gunshots to the head, l & # 39; one of them inside the church and the other blew into a barricade. The body of the latter could not be recovered by his companions during the attack, according to witnesses
Released with the mediation of the Catholic Church, the young people said "thank you" waved the flags of Nicaragua and the fist lifted up greeted hundreds of people stationed on the road, who cheered them by shouting "Vivan los estudiantes", "Justicia", " Nicaragua ] ".
The ecclesiastical suite arrived to mediate the liberation of students and evacuate the wounded from the church Divina Misericordia, located in the southwest of the capital.
Church harassment began Friday around 11 pm, as a result of an attack by police and paramilitaries at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN ), next to the temple. Cardinal Brenes, who was about to enter the temple, stressed that "the government" was "the only one responsible for these actions".
— "Stop the weapons!" —
During the first hours, the authorities cut electricity in the area, which increased the fear in the church .
Shortly before midnight, a priest left the church. of the temple with a flag of the Vatican to evacuate the seriously wounded and the Washington Post reporter Joshua Partlow, who left after a negotiation of the Church
"They want to kill us", "we are surrounded", "help us," they cried. Desperate youths, in the midst of bullets, in moments of high tension around midnight, according to live broadcasts of three local journalists trapped in the church.
A caravan of vehicles traveled in the streets early in the morning near the church and then a group of people bet on a roundabout, 1.5 km away, in solidarity with the students . "Stop the weapons," "free them," "justice," shouted this morning.
Shortly after noon Friday, police, riot police and paramilitaries entered the UNAN to expel the youths remained entrenched from the beginning of the war. the protests
"Mum, forgive me, I did it to defend my country", they said between two shots, boys squatting behind the barricades, in videos that they broadcast during of the attack against the university. 19659015] The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and senior officials of the United States condemned the events [19659017]. of "unacceptable" "escalation of violence against civil society" in Nicaragua according to a statement.
Source: Agencies
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