Honduras police `killing children'

Tegucigalpa - More than 300 street children and youths have been murdered in Honduras in the past 2 1/2 years as part of a "social…

Tegucigalpa - More than 300 street children and youths have been murdered in Honduras in the past 2 1/2 years as part of a "social cleansing" programme, according to a report published this week.

The report by Casa Alianza, the group that works with Mexican and Central American children from its base in San Jose, Costa Rica, asserts that the police and security services are involved in many of the killings.

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