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2 police killed in El Salvador; 1 dismembered
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Authorities in El Salvador say two police officers have been killed by alleged gang members in separate incidents, and one of them was dismembered.
The Attorney General’s Office says a National Civil Police agent based in the San Salvador suburb of Soyapango was found hacked up in three bags left alongside a highway outside the capital.
The statement Wednesday said the second officer was shot by suspected gang members who boarded a bus he was riding while on leave about 110 miles (177 kilometres) east of San Salvador.
At least nine police have been killed by suspected gang members so far this year. In 2016, 47 police were killed, most while on leave.
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