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Teenage boy killed in Venezuela food protest
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/teenage-boy-killed-venezuela-food-protest-160616062902333.htmlA 17-year-old boy has died after being badly wounded at a protest by Venezuelans demanding food, authorities say.
Officials did not give details on the boy's injuries, which occurred on Tuesday night in the western town of Lagunilla, in Merida state in the Andes.
Local media reported he was shot in the head when police and soldiers
protest, in which he was not taking part.
He was taken to the hospital, where he died on Wednesday morning. Eleven people were arrested over the violence, police said.
