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The moment a Venezuelan National Guard vehicle runs over protesters

A Venezuela National Guard vehicle ran over protesters and doused water cannons at crowds outside a military base in Caracas, after opposition leader Juan Guaido called on members of the military to rise up.

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Venezuela: Militares venezolanos se sublevaron contra el presidente Nicolás Maduro y en apoyo al opositor Juan Guaidó. Source: Twitter

Venezuelan security forces used an armored vehicle to ram demonstrators during rioting outside an army base in Caracas on Tuesday in support of what the government called an attempted coup, TV images showed.

The incident left several people injured on the ground who were helped up by other demonstrators.

It happened as security forces tried to break up rioting outside the La Carlota air base, where opposition leader Juan Guaido earlier called on troops inside to join efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro.

Read more here via SBS.


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By Ali Bahnasawy

Source: AFP, SBS



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