Shrapnel Mine Wounds 18 Salvadoran Troops
From Reuters
SAN SALVADOR —
A Claymore mine set by leftist guerrillas wounded 18 Salvadoran troops in a small village north of the capital, the army said Thursday.
The mine, which scatters shrapnel over a wide area, went off Wednesday in Las Cajas, 20 miles north of San Salvador near the Guazapa volcano. Troops of the first infantry brigade have for the last week been sweeping the area around the volcano, long considered a rebel stronghold.
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