Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature



MANAGUA- Hurling homemade explosives, hundreds of Nicaraguan students attacked the country's legislature Tuesday over government plans to cut university funding, lawmakers said.
The explosives caused only minor damage when they were thrown at the building that houses the Nicaraguan Congress, said lawmaker Francisco Aguirre.



Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature
But Aguirre said that if they had been used in a street demonstration, which both the ruling party and opposition groups are planning for Saturday, "they certainly could kill a person."
Students on Tuesday marched to the legislature building to oppose government plans to cut funding for public universities as set out in the draft budget for 2010, said National Universities Council leader Telemaco Talavera.
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Wednesday, November 18th 2009
AFP
           


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