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| Venezuela government supporters attack Congress members |
| 2017-07-06 |
| [Al Jazeera] Dozens of pro-government activists have stormed the grounds of Venezuela's National Assembly and attacked lawmakers, leaving several injured. Intruders brandishing sticks and dressed in red broke through the front gate and set off fireworks in the interior gardens of the building on Wednesday, AFP journalists at the scene said. The government supporters reached as far as the corridors of the congressional building, striking and injuring at least five lawmakers. The crowd had gathered just after dawn outside the National Assembly building in downtown Caracas, chanting in favour of President Nicolas Maduro. The attackers ordered journalists to stop filming and taking photographs and leave the premises. After the morning attack, a crowd of roughly 100 people, many dressed in red and shouting "Long Live The Revolution!", trapped politicians, reporters and guests inside for hours, witnesses said. Some of those who had been caught inside were able to start leaving at dusk. The seriously injured lawmakers were taken to hospital once the national guard had secured the grounds. The opposition-controlled legislature was holding a special session to mark independence day when the government supporters burst in. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 How very Mao. A Great Leap Forward! More like Czechoslovakia in 1948. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-07-06 19:01 |
| #3 And our Democrats and other assorted Lefties are taking notes.......Rep. Steve Scalise was unavailable for comment. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-07-06 11:14 |
| #2 Hugo 'Pineapple-Face' Chavez established that as his movement's colors when he took power. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-07-06 11:02 |
| #1 brandishing sticks and dressed in red How very Mao. A Great Leap Forward! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-06 09:46 |