More Than 20 Hurt, 39 Detained At Venezuela Protests: Rights Group
Muhammad Rameez Published October 27, 2016 | 01:25 AM
CARACAS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -26th oct,2016) : More than 20 people were injured and 39 were detained at anti-government protests in Venezuela on Wednesday, the head of a local rights group said.
The injuries included three people who were shot in the northwestern city of Maracaibo, said Alfredo Romero, on a day of nationwide protests against leftist President Nicolas Maduro's handling of a devastating economic crisis.
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