One man was
killed and another left with severe burns after opposition protesters
attacked a truck driver with molotov cocktails in the state Zulia,
Venezuela on Wednesday.
The national
director of Civil Protection, Jorge Galindo, reported Thursday that
one person was killed and two bystanders were seriously injured as a
result of a protest in Maracaibo.
According to
a victim of the attack, the trucker attempted to avoid being attacked
at the barricade and collided into a motorcycle behind the vehicle,
trapping the motorcyclist under the truck before protesters threw the
petrol bombs.
"We
came across the barricade .. and those who had blocked the way began
throwing stones at us to loot the truck and when we went in reverse,
we hit the motorcycle," said Jose Bravo, who was in the
passenger seat of the truck.
“(The
motorcyclist) lay injured on the road and then they threw Molotov
bombs at us and set the truck on fire. The boy burned to death and my
colleague and I were rescued," Bravo continued.
Bravo, 33,
suffered third-degree burns to 95 percent of his body, was sent to
the Coromoto Hospital’s Burn Unit to receive treatment.
The
motorcyclist was identified as 20 years old Luigin Paz.
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