Venezuela’s top prosecutor says 25 people were killed in post-election unrest

At least 25 people, including two policemen, were killed in the riots that followed Venezuela’s presidential election, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said, Report informs referring to TASS.

“The wave of violence on July 29 and 30 demanded firm and decisive measures from the security agencies, thanks to which peace was restored. However, during this period, criminals and terrorists acted with such fierceness that, unfortunately, 25 people were killed, including two members of the National Guard in the states of Aragua and Nueva Esparta,” he said at a meeting of the Venezuelan Security Council, which was broadcast on Telesur television.

Of the total death toll, 17 people were killed between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on July 29, the attorney general said.

“It has been established by now that criminal gangs were involved in all the deaths,” Saab said.