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           Blast on Bus Kills 1, Wounds 17 Outside Guatemalan Capital

   by Associated Press

   An explosion ripped through a passenger bus on the outskirts of the
   Guatemalan capital Sunday, killing one person and seriously wounding 17
   more, authorities said.

   Firefighters' spokesman Mario Utum confirmed that one person died and
   said emergency workers have tended to victims with second- and
   third-degree burns.

   Interior Minister Francisco Rivas said the blast is being investigated
   as an attack and the incident appears similar to a 2010 gang assault on
   a bus that left nine dead, but there was no immediate indication of
   possible suspects or motive.

   Bus companies and taxi drivers are often extorted by gangs in Guatemala
   and risk being attacked if they don't pay up. Rivas said the owners of
   the bus had not reported receiving threats, however.

   The vehicle was carrying dozens of people between San Jose Pinula and
   Palencia, just to the east of Guatemala City, at the time of the
   explosion.

   Photographs distributed by emergency agencies showed people with burns
   covering nearly their entire bodies and the bus with a gaping hole at
   the back end.
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