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World Service,29 May 2012,10 mins

La Penca bombing

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In May 1984 a bomber tried to kill an anti-Sandinista rebel leader in Nicaragua. The attack took place at a press conference and several journalists were killed and injured. Swedish journalist Peter Torbiornsson believes he inadvertently helped the bomber.

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