A teenager was fatally shot at an anti-government protest in
the western city of San Cristobal on Tuesday, state officials said,
exacerbating tensions in Venezuela amid an economic crisis and crackdown on the
political opposition. A policeman was arrested after he confessed to shooting
the student, identified as Kluiver Roa, 14, with a rubber-bullet shotgun during
clashes with some 20 hooded protesters, officials said. With last year's
violent protests and 43 deaths fresh in Venezuelans' minds, President Nicolas
Maduro's socialist government condemned the killing and called for calm in the
volatile state of Tachira near Colombia. More…
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Venezuelan teen dies after being shot at anti-Maduro protest
A teenager was fatally shot at an anti-government protest in
the western city of San Cristobal on Tuesday, state officials said,
exacerbating tensions in Venezuela amid an economic crisis and crackdown on the
political opposition. A policeman was arrested after he confessed to shooting
the student, identified as Kluiver Roa, 14, with a rubber-bullet shotgun during
clashes with some 20 hooded protesters, officials said. With last year's
violent protests and 43 deaths fresh in Venezuelans' minds, President Nicolas
Maduro's socialist government condemned the killing and called for calm in the
volatile state of Tachira near Colombia. More…
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