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Saboteurs killed in bid to short Venezuelan power

TWO would-be saboteurs were killed in the latest in a series of attacks on Venezuela’s national grid, a government minister said on Tuesday, taking the total death toll to 10.

Electrical Energy Minister Luis Motta said that Ricardo Casanova and Jimmy Sandoval died in the early hours of Tuesday morning after they were electrocuted while trying to cut electrical cables in Facon.

And, in a separate attack, four people entered the Carabobo state substation on Sunday and created a short circuit that caused a three-hour blackout. One security guard was injured trying to stop them.

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