Honduras bus attack kills 23

At least 23 people were killed in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula on Thursday when gunmen sprayed a public bus with bullets and Left a menacing message for crime-busting politicians, police said. At least four men in two cars forced the bus to the side of the road and opened fire on it with assault rifles.

8220;Sixteen people died at the scene of the attack, and seven more died in hospital,8221; police official Wilmer Torres said. 8220;There are at least 10 wounded.8221; The gunmen left a message written on cardboard at the scene, challenging leading politicians who have taken hard stances against organized crime. Police have arrested a member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang , Torres said. 8212; Reuters