Under-13 dies in San Felix during the protest due to lack of water and electricity

A 13-year-old boy died in Ciudad Guayana, after being shot in the middle of riots during a protest against flaws in water and water services. electricity, according to police reports that AFP had access Tuesday, July 17.

Four Bolívar state police officers were arrested for that death occurred on the night of Monday, July 16 in the popular San Felix neighborhood, accused of using their "regulatory weapons" against the crowd. of the Corps of Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC).

The troubles, adds the document, come from a "manifestation for lack of water and light".

A regional police report, meanwhile, said at the arrival of the troops, "people fired shots" and, with Molotov cocktails, "partially" burned a police station and a niformados motorcycle, according to the minutes

Protests for lack of food and failures in the provision of basic services such as water and electricity have multiplied throughout the country.

According to the NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social Events were recorded in Venezuela during the first half of 2018, an average of 30 daily newspapers.

According to the organization, 84% of these events called for the improvement of economic and social rights.