Final toll of strike counts three dead

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A total of three persons died during the 24 hours national strike called by the Alternative Social Forum and the Falpo (The Broad Front of Popular Struggle) as well as the Dominican Revolutionary Party who supported the effort. Although, generally speaking, there was a nation-wide calm, the Nuevo Diario reports that two of the fatalities occurred in Santiago, where another 12 persons were wounded and twenty more were arrested according to official sources. A third victim was killed in Villa Faro while he took pictures of some incidents during a confrontation between the Police and demonstrators. The National Police also reported that several Police agents as well as civilians were among the wounded.

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