Grenade Explosion Kills
2, Injures 19 In Caracas
CARACAS - Two people
were killed and at least
19 others injured on
Sunday in a grenade
explosion in Caracas,
capital of Venezuela,
local media reported.
The blast occurred on
Saturday morning at the
"January 23" parish in
west Caracas, where
witnesses said that a
young man threw a
grenade from the eighth
floor of a residential
building.
The grenade exploded
near a group of elderly
people gathering at the
ground floor of the
building, killing two
and injuring 19 others.
After the attack, the
perpetrator, a
23-year-old young man,
committed suicide by
jumping out of the
building.
The police are
investigating the case,
trying to find out how
the suicide obtained the
grenade.
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