The smell of tear gas and smoke from
fires filled the air in several Caracas neighbourhoods on Friday after a night
that saw at least 12 people die. In the
humble district of El Valle, people screamed, while the sound of gunshots sent
neighbours and protesters running for safety Protesters are vowing to continue
their opposition to the government of President Nicolas Maduro, after the
deadliest day in three weeks of one anti-government protest after another. Among
the dead were eight people who were electrocuted in a bakery as it was being
looted. About 20 have died in the past month, most shot in the head. "This
was like the wild, Wild West. During two hours we could only hear gunshots and
detonations," said Ana Tiapa, 36, a resident of El Valle. "Two hours
this lasted, then, you could only hear people running in and out of businesses;
the sound of looting." More…
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