06:30 NZST Wed May 29 2013
Two members of staff at the US embasy in Venezuela have reportedly been injured in a shooting.
06:30 Wed May 29 2013
AAP
Two employees of the
US embassy in Venezuela have been injured in an "incident", the State
Department says, as local media in Caracas reported the pair had been
shot.
"Medical staff inform us that their injuries are not life-threatening," State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters, adding that the incident did not take place at the US embassy compound, but "off-site".
The Venezuelan media identified the two men as Roberto Ezequiel Rosas and Paul Marwin, and said they were military attaches at the embassy, but the State Department would not confirm those reports.
The two men were wounded by gunfire after a dispute as they left a night club, the Venezuelan media reported.
Venezuela has the highest murder rate in South America with 54 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. In the first quarter of 2013 alone, there were 3,400 murders, according to government statistics.
The United States and Venezuela, which have long had strained relations, have had no ambassadors since 2010.
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"Medical staff inform us that their injuries are not life-threatening," State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters, adding that the incident did not take place at the US embassy compound, but "off-site".
The Venezuelan media identified the two men as Roberto Ezequiel Rosas and Paul Marwin, and said they were military attaches at the embassy, but the State Department would not confirm those reports.
The two men were wounded by gunfire after a dispute as they left a night club, the Venezuelan media reported.
Venezuela has the highest murder rate in South America with 54 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. In the first quarter of 2013 alone, there were 3,400 murders, according to government statistics.
The United States and Venezuela, which have long had strained relations, have had no ambassadors since 2010.
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