<br /> <p>A caravan of supporters turned out in the early hours of July 14 in support of a group of people besieged inside the Divina Misericordia church in Managua, Nicaragua, amid reports that armed civilians and police were firing on the group.</p><p>El Nuevo Diario reported</a> that the National Police and armed civilians attacked students protesting at the university on Friday following protests to demand president Daniel Ortega’s resignation</a>.</p><p>Footage live streamed</a> from the scene shows students saying what they thought were their final goodbyes to loved ones as gun shots ring out.</p><p>Later in the evening, student protesters took shelter inside a church, where the gunfire</a> continued, injuring at least three people.</p><p>The Washington Post journalist Joshua Partlow, who was covering the situation, reported that he was trapped in a church following gunfire. He tweeted</a> that the gunfire was continuing into the early hours of the morning, with ambulances prevented</a> from accessing those injured. Credit: Unión Masiva Nicaragua via Storyful</p><br />
