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At least nine dead in Honduras clash over land

Reuters | By, Tegucigalpa
Aug 04, 2008 11:04 AM IST

A clash between landowners and peasants in northern Honduras left at least nine people dead, the security ministry of the Central American country said.

A clash between landowners and peasants in northern Honduras left at least nine people dead, the security ministry of the Central American country said on Sunday.

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Poor farmers in the district of Colon, 130 miles (210 kms) north of the capital Tegucigalpa, demanded what they believed was their right over land currently being farmed by a group of landowners, who fired on them.

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The farmers locked the landowners inside their house and set it on fire with six people inside.

"It is possible that there are more people dead since it is a two-story house," Hector Mejia, a ministry spokesman told Reuters. "There are three bodies outside the house that apparently belong to the farmers' group."

Mejia said police stayed clear of the area -- guarded by some 300 armed peasants -- "to prevent new bloodshed."

More than half of Honduras' population lives in extreme poverty, and conflicts between peasants and landowners are frequent.

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