TWO DEAD AND ONE INJURED IN ROUTE 52 ATTACK

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Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador was alerted this morning about injured people inside a route 52 microbus that travels from San Salvador to Colonia Escalón.

The incident occurred in the early hours of this morning on 8ª. Calle Oriente and 11ª. Avenida Norte in this capital city, when a man pulled out a knife and attacked three of the passengers traveling aboard the vehicle.

Two of them sustained serious injuries to the neck area. Rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento assisted one of them, identified as Marvin Ramírez, 35, who was admitted to the General Hospital of the Social Security Institute.

Meanwhile, one of the injured people was taken by the microbus driver to the Red Cross headquarters, where he died minutes before receiving medical attention. He was identified as José Roberto Lovato Cruz, 26.

Meanwhile, Armando Vásquez, who was transported by Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador with serious injuries to Rosales Hospital, died at the medical center.

Hours later, the Policía Nacional Civil arrested the person responsible for the attack, identified as Héctor Kevin García, who suffers from mental problems, according to the authorities.