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Dozens of pro-government activists have stormed into Venezuela’s opposition controlled National Assembly and attacked lawmakers, leaving several hurt and bleeding.
According to media reports, about 100 government supporters brandishing sticks and dressed in red broke through the front gate and set off fireworks in the interior gardens of the building.
The attackers ordered journalists to stop filming and taking photographs and leave the premises. The opposition-controlled legislature was holding a special session to mark independence day when the government supporters burst in.
Tension is high in Venezuela after three months of anti-government protests that have seen 90 people killed in clashes with police.
Protesters blame President Nicolas Maduro for a desperate economic crisis. He said the chaos is the result of a US-backed capitalist conspiracy by the opposition.