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Gunmen open fire inside bus, kill 6 in El Salvador

The Philippine Star

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Police in El Salvador say gunmen boarded a bus in a town near the capital and opened fired on passengers, killing six.

National police director Rigoberto Pleites says another five people were wounded during the Friday bus attack in the town of San Luis Talpa near San Salvador.

Pleites says witnesses told police the assailants were gang members dressed in uniforms similar to those issued to road maintenance workers. He said investigators haven't confirmed they belonged to a gang.

Police Commissioner Mauricio Ramirez says there have been threats of increased violence in the Central American country in the coming days, but he didn't provide any other details.

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