Venezuela crisis: Border clashes as aid row intensifies

2019-02-22 23:47:32

At least two people have been killed and several others injured in clashes near Venezuela's border with Brazil, local media report. Venezuelan security forces opened fire on a group of civilians who tried to prevent them from blocking the border. President Nicolás Maduro has closed the country's border with Brazil amid a row over the delivery of humanitarian aid. The incident came as thousands attended two rival concerts on either side of a bridge linking Venezuela and Colombia. The clashes occurred when members of an indigenous community confronted Venezuelan troops on Friday morning in the southern Venezuelan town of Kumarakapay, AFP news agency reports. Troops then opened fire on individuals who tried to block a road with the aim of preventing military vehicles from passing, witnesses said. A local woman and her husband were killed (in Spanish), according to the human rights group Kapé Kapé. AFP.