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Venezuela: Opposition washes hands of thuggery – as violence rages on
VENEZUELA’S opposition denied fomenting a violent coup on Thursday — even as a woman was injured by petrol-bomb-throwing militants and a university campus was smashed.
Tachira Governor Jose Gregorio Vielma said rioters threw petrol bombs at a minibus in the state capital San Cristobal, injuring three people.
A video showed 61-year-old Lorenza Higuera in hospital with second-degree burns to her hands, arms and face.
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