Maracaibo (Venezuela), February 18. At least eight people were injured this Saturday in two shootings at two businesses in Maracaibo, Zulia state, northwestern Venezuela, one of whom is in serious condition and is being treated at a health center private, a woman told EFE from an official source.
According to local authorities, “armed subjects opened fire, without saying a word”, in a butcher’s shop and a supermarket located in two districts of Maracaibo, capital of this oil-rich region, which borders Colombia.
The mayor of Maracaibo, Rafael Ramírez Colina, denounced these events in a message published on his Twitter account, in which he assured that he will face “all kinds of criminal manifestations and violence that seek to generate anxiety ” in the population.
“We are working in coordination with all security agencies and the armed forces to deal with the two unfortunate criminal acts recorded this morning, February 18, in the city,” the official said.
On the same social network, the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, indicated that “the events that occurred” at the butcher’s shop will be investigated and punished, where “criminals to be identified entered the site shooting several indiscriminate shots, leaving several citizens injured”. .”
These events came at a time when 139,000 officials from different security forces are deployed across the country to protect citizens during the Carnival holiday, when the internal movement of Venezuelans is expected to increase. ECE
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