Blasted to death at point blank range: Shocking moment a protester is fatally shot in the chest with a smoke grenade by Venezuelan riot police
Miguel Castillo, 27, was demonstrating against Venezuelan President's reform
A video shows the protester surrounded by officers on the side of a main road
As officers ride away on a bike, a shot is fired which looks like a smoke grenade
Castillo died despite being dragged to safety and rushed to hospital
By Gareth Davies For Mailonline
Published: 07:48 EDT, 11 May 2017 | Updated: 09:28 EDT, 11 May 2017
This is the shocking moment a protester was fatally blasted at point blank range with a smoke grenade by Venezuelan riot police.
The 27-year-old man, identified as Miguel Castillo, was demonstrating against president Nicolas Maduro who had called an order to rewrite the country's constitution.
Video footage show the victim surrounded by police officers before he is left sprawling on a main road when a shot hits his chest in the residential area of Las Mercedes on the outskirts of Caracas.
The clip, recorded by one of the witnesses, show Castillo surrounded by the officers.
One of them appears to fire a smoke grenade at his chest as they are about to drive away, leaving the man face-down in the street.
After the police ride off on a motorcycle, Castillo is seen walking with difficulty along the motorway and falling to the ground while holding his chest.
Immediately, a man is seen helping him to stand up and dragging him away. ...
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