Four killed in Cambita

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Four people were killed and three wounded during a shoot-out between the National Police and two assailants in the community of Cambita Garabito in the province of San Cristobal. According to reports by local eyewitnesses, the shooting started after the assailants held up a man, Sergio Vega at about 2:30 in the afternoon on Francisco Bono Street and stole his handgun. After the robbery, the motorcycle they were using did not start, forcing them to run towards the Banco de Reservas on La Trinitaria, where they were stopped by the bank's security guards. Hoy newspaper reports that the first two people who were killed had been used as human shields by the assailants who then killed them when they tried to run away. In the midst of all of the confusion, the thieves pointed their weapons at motorcycle driver Guillermo Lorenzo, 22, getting on his motorcycle and began to flee. During the escape attempt, during which they were pursued by the police and local residents, they continued shooting, killing 50-year old Candida Contreras and a young man, Jovanny Garcia, 22. The pursuit ended at the entrance to the Garabito Pueblo Municipal Hospital where the police killed the two criminals. According to Hoy five people were wounded in the incident. The chief of Police, Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin, went to the hospital and congratulated the police officers for their actions in the case.

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