Venezuela unrest death toll hits 31: prosecutors

The death from just over a month of political unrest in Venezuela hit 31 after two more people died in the latest disturbances, the state prosecution service said today.

A source in the service told AFP a motorcyclist was killed by a truck as it dodged a barricade mounted by protesters in Caracas and a young man died from wounds suffered in a demonstration in the western city of Barquisimeto.