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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Honduran journalist survives murder attempt

A shot was fired at Honduran television journalist Fidelina Sandoval as she was entering the Globo TV station last Monday (8 April) in what looks to have been an attempted murder.

She told colleagues that a passenger in grey pick-up truck fired at her but missed and she scrambled to safety by running towards two guards and a taxi driver.

The incident followed four days after she reported receiving two strange anonymous calls after she broadcast about the need for police reforms related to the killings of members of a peasant movement.

Since 2009, it is claimed that more than 30 people, including several journalists, have been killed for exercising their right to freedom of expression in Honduras.

Sources: Resistencia Honduras/Protection Line

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