Rights Group Says 63 dead, 15 missing from Nicaragua Unrest

[Richard Rubio]

Rights Group Says 63 dead, 15 missing from Nicaragua Unrest
April 26, 2018 6:55 PM
    Associated Press

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA ?

A non-governmental rights group said Thursday that it has confirmed that 63 people died during days of protests over social security changes that convulsed Nicaragua last week, a figure that was not immediately confirmed or denied by the government.

The Permanent Commission on Human Rights added that at least 15 other people are missing and that it had counted over 160 people wounded by gunfire, including nine who lost an eye and two who were left paralyzed.

?What took place is a massacre,? said Marcos Carmona, the group?s director.

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