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Two dead as Venezuela vote triggers 'war' in the streets

A candidate in the election and a youth opposition leader were gunned down and troops were firing weapons to clear protesters in Caracas and elsewhere.

30.07.2017

(AFP) Deadly violence erupted around a controversial vote in Venezuela on Sunday, with a candidate in the election and a youth opposition leader gunned down and troops firing weapons to clear protesters in Caracas and elsewhere.

"I don't know where their hate comes from.... This is war!" one resident, Conchita Ramirez, told the Vivo Play television network as she described troops firing at buildings and people.