Venezuela death toll hits 27, protesters battle security forces


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Apr 2017

REFILE - CORRECTING GRAMMAR Riot police officers clash with opposition supporters during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces fired scores of tear gas volleys and turned water cannons on rock-throwing protesters on a bridge in Caracas on Wednesday as the death toll from this month's anti-government unrest hit at least 29.

A 20-year-old male demonstrator died in those latest clashes in the capital after being hit by a gas cannister, said officials of the eastern Chacaco district.

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