Explosion Rocks Caracas, Injures Cops As Venezuela Votes
With opposition parties boycotting what they call a rigged election, Reuters reports the streets of Caracas were deserted on Sunday as a minority of Venezuelans trickled to the polls to elect a constitutional super-body that unpopular leftist President Maduro vowed would begin a new era of combat in the crisis-stricken nation. That is good news as shortly after a large group of motorbikes sped through the city, and explosion hit, reportedly injuring a number of police officers . A number of police officers were injured in Venezuela's capital Caracas after an explosion during an anti-government protest decrying a vote for a constituent assembly on Sunday, according to a Reuters witness. Further details were not immediately available. The moment of the explosion... #30Jul #Caracas 12:36 pm Momento en el que explotan 2 motos de la PNB en Altamira. http://pic.twitter.com/1pKgAKed3m — TVVenezuela Noticias (@TVVnoticias) July 30, 2017 Social media is awash with clips of injured (it is uncertain if this is from the explosion)... #HACEMINUTOS herido en el Paraíso. Sector Las Fuentes. Escuchen #jul30 http://pic.twitter.com/qkRCff7fTC — Elyangelica Gonzalez (@ElyangelicaNews) July 30, 2017 For now, the fire from the explosion continues...
July 30, 2017 at 01:28PM
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