Featured image: Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab giving statements to the press on far-right post electoral violence in Venezuela. Photo: RedRadioVE.
The attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, presented a report on the outbreak of violence generated by armed criminals on July 29, the day after the presidential election.
During a press conference on Tuesday, July 30, Saab reported that so far 749 people have been arrested and will face criminal charges depending on each case.
These rioters are accused of crimes of public incitement, obstruction of roads, incitement of hatred, resistance to authority, and terrorism.
He also mentioned that as a result of the post-electoral violence that occurred on Monday, a Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) officer was killed in Aragua state and 48 service personnel (including military and police) were injured.
Attorney General Saab added that, as in the past, the organizers of these violent acts used many drug-addicts to carry out their plans.
He said that these were “armed criminals” who acted “to attack and create chaos” as their aim was to seek “foreign intervention.”
“Unlike what happened in previous violent incidents, this time there will be no impunity,” the attorney general said. Throughout his speech he explained the acts of vandalism committed by these extremist groups.
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Saab mentioned an instance of violence that occurred in El Rosal, Caracas, where an armed mob violently pursued a soldier and violently assaulted him, and tried to kill him by setting him on fire, then left him after stealing his motorcycle.
He also spoke about the attack on the Coche Hospital facilities and the burning of a PSUV party headquarters in the Simón Rodríguez municipality of El Tigre, Anzoátegui state.
He also mentioned the destruction of a monument in honor of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, in the Paseo de la Virgen in the Simon Rodriguez municipality of El Tigre; the destruction of a bust of Commander Hugo Chávez, in Mariara, Carabobo state; the destruction of the mayor’s office of Sotillo municipality and the CNE headquarters in Barcelona, among other crimes of destruction of public property.
(RedRadioVE) by Ana Perdigón, with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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