At least five FMLN militants were shot, after an armed stranger attacked them when they came from an event of the candidate for mayor for San Salvador of this political party.
Nidia Díaz, head of a faction of the FMLN, denounced this afternoon that after a rally in the Constitución circle, a caravan of FMLN militants was attacked by the candidate for mayor of San Salvador, Rogelio Canals. they were heading to the party headquarters in downtown San Salvador known as the “229”.
“The shots came from a blue sedan that crossed and pulled out a gun and started firing at his comrades,” Diaz said.
One of them died and another is debating between life and death in the Intensive Care Unit of Rosales Hospital. There are other injured who are in Rosales Hospital, their condition is delicate, Diaz said, through an audio he sent to reporters.
This is how the bed of the vehicle where the FMLN militants were transported looked after the attack. Deputy Nidia Diaz made this complaint. Photo EDH / Courtesy
“It is a total crime to attack people in this way, expresses intolerance and hatred that is encouraging Nayib Bukele to the population, the electoral rules are not these, I ask the prosecutor to take action on the matter and the Court Supreme Electoral, “the FMLN leader said.
“A comrade has already died and another comrade is in intensive care, there are wounded, this is the hatred that Bukele fosters, a dictatorship never again,” Diaz explained.
Other MPLN deputies joined the public outcry. “I report that at 6:20 pm it was attacked by a brigade of duly identified comrades of the FMLN, between 11 Avinguda Nord and 1a. Carrer Ponent. This attack on our comrades leaves 4 wounded and one dead. and to the PNC an immediate investigation and action “, posted on her Twitter, the deputy Yanci Urbina.
“The president’s hate speech generates violence and death. This afternoon, FMLN colleagues were attacked in the center of San Salvador, resulting in 4 injuries and one death. The Public Prosecutor’s Office must act immediately, the killers will not control the Assembly. We swear to win, “FMLN leader Lorena Penya said on Twitter.
FMLN sources explained that 4 militants have been taken to Rosales Hospital, “unfortunately one has died, 2 tubed and one stable,” they reported.
Meanwhile, police on their Twitter account reported that there was indeed an attack on FMLN people in downtown San Salvador.
“We have begun to carry out the actions of investigation and tracking of those responsible for this infamous fact, as the Police will not allow violence due to the election campaign,” the PNC published.
According to the prosecution, one person was killed and four injured, but they said that “alleged Alliance fans fired at the FMLN premises.”
Bukele also spoke out on his Twitter account. “It looks like the dying parties have launched their latest plan. What a desperation not to lose their privileges and their corruption. I thought they couldn’t fall lower, but they fell,” he said.
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