Eight people, including students from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), were injured after masked gunmen fired into a crowd of protesters:

Photographers for The Associated Press saw at least four gunmen — their faces covered by ski masks or T-shirts — firing handguns at the anti-Chávez crowd at the UCV. Terrified students ran through the campus as ambulances arrived.

Students have also been protesting in at least six other cities, with several of these turning violent.

The violence broke out after an estimated 80,000 anti-Chávez demonstrators — led by university students — marched peacefully to the Supreme Court to protest constitutional changes that would greatly expand Chávez’s power if voters agree to the changes in December. Unrest, if it continues, could mar a Dec. 2 referendum on the controversial reforms.

Dozens of angry students surrounded a building where the gunmen were hiding, set fire to benches outside and knocked out windows with rocks. Later, armed men riding motorcycles arrived, scaring off students and standing at the doorway — one of them firing a handgun in the air — as people fled the building.

So they were marching peacefully… or setting shit on fire and throwing rocks? In any case: Hey, Columbia! How’s that strike going?

Gunfire erupts at Venezuela university [MSNBC]

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