Wednesday, October 14, 2015

What’s Behind Grenade Attacks Against Venezuela Police?


Over 100 police officers have been killed just in Caracas so far in 2015. However, in the last week of September violence against police officers in Venezuela took on new dimensions with five grenade attacks in three days. The most brazen was an attack on the Baruta Municipal Police in eastern Caracas when men on motorcycles threw two grenades at a temporary checkpoint (“alcabala”) injuring eight officers and four civilians. There were also against the headquarters of the investigation police CICPC near Caracas, a station of the Guarico State police, and a station of the Miranda State police. More…

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