Thursday, November 08, 2007

Gunfire erupts after Venezuelan students protest against Chavez reforms

International Herald Tribune has this story today and it starts off like this... Gunmen opened fire on students returning from a march Wednesday in which 80,000 people denounced President Hugo Chavez's attempts to expand his power. At least eight people were injured, including one by gunfire, officials said... Photographers for The Associated Press saw at least four gunmen - their faces covered by ski masks or T-shirts - firing handguns at the anti-Chavez crowd. Terrified students ran through the campus as ambulances arrived...
Read the story at link below...
Gunfire erupts after Venezuelan students protest against Chavez reforms; at least 8 injured
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Violence erupts at Venezuela protests
Thursday, November 08, 2007

About Video: A peaceful rally in Caracas city centre turned violent after shots were fired into the crowd, injuring at least eight people. About eighty thousand people had taken to the streets to protest against President Hugo Chavez's plans to amend the constitution. Mariana Sanchez reports...
Video/Info posted on YouTube by AlJazeeraEnglish

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