Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Venezuela opposition lawmakers say police attacked them at demo


Venezuelan opposition lawmakers said they were struck and shoved into a ditch by police who broke up an anti-government protest on Monday. "A national guard struck my companion (lawmaker) Miguel Pizarro and threw me into that ditch. Those guards went crazy," deputy Juan Requesens told reporters at the scene of the incident on a highway in eastern Caracas. It was the latest in more than two months of clashes between police and protestors who are demanding elections to replace President Nicolas Maduro. Public prosecutors say 65 people have been killed in the unrest since early April. More…

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