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Venezuelan 14-Year-Old Shot Dead During Anti-Government Protest

By, The Guardian

A 14-year old Venezuelan schoolboy has died after being shot in the head during an anti-government protest in the country’s restive western region.

Preliminary investigations suggest the boy, named variously as Kluiverth or Kluiver Roa, was injured during a confrontation between police and protesters in the city, and died on the way to the hospital, according to the San Cristóbal Human Rights Commission president, José Vicente García.

A photo of the middle school student lying in a pool of blood, his backpack hanging over his shoulder, as a man frantically tries to staunch the bleeding  (Read More)