Two killed in Brazil-Venezuela border clashes: rights group

Santa Elena de Uairén (Venezuela) (AFP) – At least two people were killed, including a 14-year-old boy, and 31 wounded Saturday during clashes at the border between Venezuela and Brazil, where the Venezuelan military blocked the entry of humanitarian aid, a human rights group said. 

“The two deaths are the product of the military’s repression during clashes in Santa Elena de Uairen. Both of them died from bullet wounds, one of them in the head,” Olnar Ortiz, an activist with the Foro Penal rights group critical of President Nicolas Maduro’s government, told AFP.

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