Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Canadian man dead after being shot in Honduras

CTV.ca | Canadian man dead after being shot in Honduras: "Canadian man dead after being shot in Honduras

Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Canadian man has died after an attack on a bus in Honduras on which he was riding, police said Tuesday.

Police spokesman Gustavo Farjardo identified the man as Jocelyn Masse, 21, of Isles-de-la-Madeleine, Que. He was travelling with Melanie Poirier, also of Isles-de-la-Madeleine, from San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba in northwest Honduras when robbers attacked the bus on Saturday.

Masse was shot at point-blank range.

A police officer died at the scene while Masse died Monday in a hospital in San Pedro Sula, about 180 kilometres northwest of the capital, Tegucigalpa."

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