Asunción, Paraguay, Sep 23, 2011 / 12:17 pm
The Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay strongly condemned a terrorist attack that took place in the province of Horqueta and left two national police officers dead.
The Sept. 21 attack was carried out by the terrorist group the Army of the Paraguayan People, which launched grenades at a police station in the town of Capitan Gimenez, north of the capital Asuncion.
It was the second attack in the province of Horqueta in less than a week, after a similar incident occurred on Sunday. No one was injured in the first attack.
Paraguay’s Minister of the Interior, Carlos Filizzola, said the army has been entrenched in the region for the past ten years and that there are signs the group is recruiting more members.