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Judi Lynn

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Sat Sep 10, 2016, 12:55 AM Sep 2016

Gun, explosive attacks on 2 media offices in Paraguay

Source: Associated Press

Gun, explosive attacks on 2 media offices in Paraguay
Sep 9, 11:28 PM EDT


ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- Paraguayan journalists and officials are reporting two attacks on media outlets in the South American nation.

Police commissioner Victor Rios says the offices of La Jornada newspaper in Ciudad del Este were hit by 18 bullets but nobody was hurt.

La Jornada director Jose Espinola says the Thursday attack coincided with the publication of a story on possible police corruption.

Journalist Patricia Ayala says she was on air when some kind of explosive device was thrown at La Voz del Amambay radio in Pedro Juan Caballero.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_PARAGUAY_MEDIA_ATTACKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-09-09-23-28-10

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