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University Student Killed in Venezuela Opposition Protest

by Associated Press

   CARACAS --

   A university student is dead after being struck by gunfire at a protest
   in Venezuela, where thousands have been demonstrating against the
   government of President Nicolas Maduro.
   Daniel Queliz, 24, was killed Monday evening in the central coastal
   city of Valencia after a friend says he was struck in the neck by
   gunfire while participating in the protest.
   The death is the second to take place at protests that erupted April 1
   after the Supreme Court stripped congress of its last vestiges of
   power. Although the decision was later reversed Venezuelans continue to
   protest what they see as a government steadily sliding toward
   authoritarianism.
   Government authorities have been using tear gas and rubber bullets to
   disperse crowds, methods being criticized by international groups as an
   excessive use of force.