Salvadoran guerrillas bomb buses in capital

February 9, 1982

Leftist guerrillas bombed 16 buses in the worst siege on El Salvador's capital in several months and waged a string of nationwide hit-and-run attacks designed to undermine next month's elections.

Roving bands of rebels detonated bundles of dynamite and firebombed the buses. No casualties were reported.The Salvadoran Army stepped up patrols around the capital to stop the rampage.