10 dead, 65 injured in vehicle rampage; M.L.F. claims responsibilityA terror attack in the heart of the Empire has left ten dead and 65 injured, in an incident which has shocked and angered Xiomerans. The attack unfolded today at 3:45 pm local time in Tlālacuetztla, along the Avenue Huatlcoapahua, the main route from the Palace of Flowers to the center of the capital. The attack started south of the Palace near the municipal Palace of Government of the Montelin municipality. A white rental van "left the roadway and began running over pedestrians," the police chief of Montelin municipality, Xāitz, told the media. "The vehicle continued doing so for well over a mile, repeatedly crossing over to the sidewalk and striking people," Xāitz said. When the vehicle reached the border between the Montelin municipality and the Tlālacuetztla municipality, it rammed a roadblock set up by the Tlālacuetztla municipal police. Five people then emerged from the vehicle, armed with knives and machine guns, and began attacking both the police and nearby civilians. The five attackers were eventually all shot dead by Tlālacuetztla municipal police, Montelin municipal police, and Imperial Police who arrived on the scene shortly after the vehicle hit the roadblock. The five attackers have been confirmed to be members of the M.L.F., Secretary of Security Zalpalatli told the media. Their names are not yet being released, due to the ongoing investigation. After the attack, a video was delivered to XIN's offices in Huitzitaca. The video shows three masked individuals, who state they are part of a M.L.F. terror cell in Xiomera. The leader of the cell said that today's attack was "our way of welcoming the Xiomeran imperialists to Vulkaria." The leader went on to warn that there will be more terror attacks in Xiomera "unless the Xiomeran imperialists immediately withdraw from Vulkaria", end all support for Vulkaria's government, and "withdraw from further interference with anyone outside their borders." In response to the attack and the video threat, Empress Yauhmi called an emergency session of her Cabinet and the Huenyan Assembly. After the emergency session, the Empress spoke to the public from the Montelin government palace. In a sternly worded address directed at the M.L.F. and its leaders, the Empress blasted them as "cowards who hide in the shadows to hurt and kill innocent people better than them." The Empress went on to say that "for terrorists who lurk in the shadows, the Empire of the sun will bring the cleansing light that dispels the shadows and delivers justice for their victims." "This Empire will never bend before those who think they can force us into submission with these dishonorable sneak attacks. Unlike these cowards, we will meet them in the open, as we have been in Vulkaria, and their last days will come. Those who seek to kill innocent Xiomerans through terrorist attacks have signed their own death warrant," the Empress added, to defiant applause. The Empress also had a message for the government of West Chanchajilla, in the wake of reports that nation may have harbored or trained terrorists who have attacked Xiomera. "We are not prepared to tolerate a regime providing safe haven to those who attack Xiomerans." The Empress warned that the Empire "reserves the right to respond appropriately and fully" if West Chanchajilla can be definitively linked to attacks in Xiomera. Secretary of Defense Xochiqui stated that in response to the attack today, Xiomera is now committed to the mission in Vulkaria "for however long it will take to break the back of these dishonorable swine once and for all."
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