2 Gunned down at beauty parlor in Guatemala 

2 Gunned down at beauty parlor in Guatemala

Guatemala City, Sep 27, 2011 (Menafn - EFE via COMTEX) --Two women were fatally shot Tuesday at a beauty parlor in the Guatemalan capital, the head of the national police said.

Jaime Otzin told reporters the women were killed by a pair of armed robbers.

The assailants, identified as Henry Barreda and Manuel Aguilar, were apprehended by police while attempting to flee.

The salon's receptionist, Rosmery Mendez, and an unnamed customer died in the incident, Otzin said.

More than 340 women have been murdered so far this year in Guatemala, a nation of around 14 million people, while 608 of the 5,548 people slain in the Central American country in 2010 were female. EFE

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