Demonstrators take cover as police fire at them during a protest against the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in Masaya, Nicaragua June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
MASAYA, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Nicaraguan police and masked gunmen clashed with anti-government protesters on Tuesday, leaving at least two dead following the suspension of peace talks to quell two months of deadly demonstrations, a human rights group said.
Youths armed with homemade mortars and slings fired off projectiles from behind brick barricades in the southern city of Masaya, video footage taken by Reuters showed. Protesters there have kept a police station under siege for over two weeks in defiance of President Daniel Ortega.
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