Gunman shot dead after wounding two at Venezuela central bank

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Source: Reuters

World | Mon Jun 20, 2016 5:22pm EDT

Gunman shot dead after wounding two at Venezuela central bank

CARACAS | BY BRIAN ELLSWORTH

A gunman opened fire inside Venezuela's central bank on Monday, wounding two guards before he was shot dead by security officers, according to two sources, in the latest violent episode to shake the country.

The unidentified assailant barged into the bank's headquarters in central Caracas shooting and shouting, "Where are the board members?," the institution's president, Nelson Merentes, said.

"He wounded two guards, fortunately they are stable and are currently in a clinic," Merentes told journalists, adding that the shooter's motives were unclear and an investigation was underway.

A security source and a central bank source who asked not to be identified said the attacker was killed.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-cenbank-idUSKCN0Z628X

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1. "Where are the board members?"

That rules out robbery as a motive...


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