The World - News from July 30, 1985
Nicaraguan rebels ambushed two army trucks, killing nine women and wounding 24 other civilians who were on their way to visit their sons and other relatives at an army training camp near Mulukuku, 168 miles northeast of Managua, the Defense Ministry said. A witness said the rebels, known as contras, fired on the trucks with machine guns and threw hand grenades.
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