The World - News from Sept. 30, 1988

Nicaraguan troops fired artillery and rockets at Honduran military aircraft that violated Nicaraguan airspace near the border, the official newspaper Barricada reported. It said the Honduran aircraft--identified as an F-5 fighter, a helicopter gunship and a twin-engine plane without identification--were not hit. The newspaper said the Defense Ministry reported two shooting incidents earlier in the week between Nicaraguan and Honduran troops. It said Honduran troops “harassed” two Nicaraguan border observation posts with machine-gun fire. In the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, officials declined to comment.