In the capital of Venezuela, Caracas, during a new wave of mass protests on Wednesday, May 3, more than 160 people were injured. In the Chakao area, an armored personnel carrier of the police attacked the demonstrator and caused him severe injuries. His life, however, is out of danger. In the area of ??Las Mercedes during the protests killed 17-year-old boy.

According to official data, in the Chakao hospital alone, 161 people were provided medical assistance. The armored personnel carrier, who drove to the demonstrator, caught fire after protestors threw it with Molotov cocktails. Many people came to the action with gas masks.

Residents of Venezuela protest against President Nicolas Maduro, whom they accuse of establishing a dictatorship, and call for new elections. The reason for another wave of mass arrests organized by the opposition was the decree signed by the head of state on introducing changes to the country's constitution.

Since the beginning of April as a result of the riots, more than 30 people have already died, more than 1,300 have been detained.

Venezuela suffers from a deep economic crisis, which Maduro explains by the fall in oil prices - the main export product of this Latin American state - and experts call the consequence of the president's socialist policy. In addition, the criminal situation in the country has sharply worsened. In 2016, almost 28.5 thousand people were killed in Venezuela. This is reported by Deutsche Welle.