Honduras: Armed men storm online daily's offices

'At 1:30 p.m. (local time) on 8 June 2009, four armed men stormed the offices of the online daily Hondudiario.com and fired shots into the air. The daily's director, Arístides Aceituno, said thirty employees were in the building at the time of the assault. Hondudiario.com's offices are located in the exclusive Palmira neighbourhood of the capital, Tegucigalpa. According to Aceituno, this is the second assault the daily has suffered in less than 15 days. Aceituno views the incident as an "attempt to intimidate the daily."'

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